Another record-setter; Lexington tops yearly homicide record
and last updated 2020-12-29 18:26:35-05
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Monday's shooting death on Woodhill Drive in Lexington brought the total number of homicide's the city has investigated in 2020 to 34. The number easily surpasses last year's total of 30.
For Andre Washington, one was too many, as her grandson Mykal Waide was killed by gunfire this August.
"We miss him. We miss him a lot," she said. "Christmas Eve was really hard for me," she said of last week's holiday.
The 34 homicides only represent less than one-quarter of the total shooting the city has reported this year. That number was in the 130s as of December 7.