A juvenile has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after two young people were shot near Honey Jay Court and Centre Parkway in Lexington earlier this month, police confirmed this week. The suspect, a male juvenile whose name has not been released, was taken into custody on Wednesday, nine days after the shooting left two juveniles with non-life-threatening injuries.
The shooting happened around 7:45 a.m. on Nov. 2, according to kentucky.com, which reported that two juveniles were shot and taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. The newspaper's follow-up reporting states that on Wednesday, police arrested the suspect and charged him with attempted murder, first-degree robbery and possession of a handgun by a minor.
Investigators leaned on more than just witness interviews to track down the shooter. The outlet's reporting notes that evidence from the scene, the Real Time Intelligence Unit and Flock cameras helped investigators identify the shooter, a combination of forensic work and camera technology that's increasingly common in how Lexington police build cases in the days after a shooting.
Schools Placed on Alert as Shooting Rattled the Neighborhood
The shooting prompted a heightened alert at nearby schools even though the gunfire did not occur on campus. Per the same kentucky.com report, the incident happened in a local neighborhood and not on either of the local school campuses, with Tates Creek schools and Millcreek Elementary placed under the heightened alert status that morning. That alert was lifted at 9:48 a.m., the paper reported.
In the immediate aftermath, WKYT reported that police offered few specifics, saying only that the investigation was active and that there were no further details available at that time. The station noted that anyone with information was asked to contact Lexington Police at (859) 258-3600 or submit an anonymous tip through Bluegrass Crime Stoppers.
A Broader Dip in Lexington Gun Violence
The arrest comes against the backdrop of a citywide decline in shootings tracked by local officials, though that broader trend doesn't speak to the circumstances of this particular case. According to lex18.com, ONE Lexington reported that the city has reduced community violence by 60% since 2021.
The same report found Lexington recorded 50 shootings in 2025, compared to a four-year average of 101 — a reduction of 51 incidents. Among people ages 10 to 29, the group that includes both the suspect and the two injured juveniles in this case, shootings dropped to 32 incidents in 2025, down from a four-year average of 69, lex18.com reported. Through late December 2025, the city had also recorded 19 gun-related homicides, compared with a four-year average of 29.
No further details about the suspect's identity, exact age or any relationship to the two injured juveniles have been released. The case remains active, with the full scope of what led to the Nov. 2 shooting still unclear.
