Suspect kills 2 women in Kentucky church after shooting state trooper, police say

Two women died Sunday at a church in Lexington Kentucky in a shooting rampage that began when a state trooper was wounded after making a traffic stop police disclosed The suspect in both shootings was also killed The suspect carjacked a car after the traffic stop near Lexington s airport and fled to Richmond Road Baptist Church where he opened fire city Police Chief Lawrence Weathers declared Killed in the shootings at the church were a -year-old woman and a -year-old woman the local coroner commented Two other people were wounded at the church and taken to a local hospital the police chief declared One victim sustained critical injuries and the other was in stable condition Weathers reported The suspect was shot by police and died at the scene he explained The suspect was not promptly identified pending notification of family he reported Preliminary information indicates that the suspect may have had a connection to the individuals at the church the police chief reported at a news conference The trooper stopped the wagon after receiving a license plate reader alert and was shot about a m Weathers disclosed The trooper was in stable condition he declared Police tracked the carjacked truck to the Baptist church the police chief mentioned The church is about miles kilometers from where the trooper was shot The shootings remain under assessment Weathers reported Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn commented the church is home to a small tight-knit congregation Please pray for everyone affected by these senseless acts of violence and let s give thanks for the swift response by the Lexington Police Department and Kentucky State Police Kentucky Gov Andy Beshear revealed in a social media post State Attorney General Russell Coleman commented detectives with his office were ready to patronage local and state agencies In current times violence invaded the Lord s House Coleman explained in a declaration The attack on law enforcement and people of faith in Lexington shocked the entire Commonwealth Source