{"id":39051,"date":"2025-07-14T18:52:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39051"},"modified":"2025-07-14T18:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:52:35","slug":"two-worshippers-shot-dead-as-gunman-brings-carnage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39051","title":{"rendered":"Two worshippers shot dead as gunman brings carnage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Two churchgoers have been killed and a state trooper seriously wounded in two shootouts during a gunman\u2019s rampage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A morning of terror began when the shooter opened fire outside Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, about 10.40am on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The trooper was shot when he pulled over the gunman on Terminal Drive after the car was pinged by a license plate reader on a nearby traffic camera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The shooter then carjacked another vehicle and fled 16 miles to Richmond Road Baptist Church, where he was cornered by pursuing cops, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Lexington Police Chief\u00a0Lawrence Weathers said the gunman, who may have a connection to the congregation, fired on worshippers inside the Baptist church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Beverly Gumm, 72, and Christina Combs, 32, were shot dead as they tried to escape, and two men were wounded and rushed to the hospital, one in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Three\u00a0Lexington Police Department officers opened fire on the gunman and killed him, Chief Weathers said. He has been identified but his family is yet to be notified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The wounded deputy was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries but is in a stable condition, the\u00a0Lexington Fire Department said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">We were the first to the scene after the shooting, barely escaping a head-on crash from the shooter while he drove out of the airport the wrong way,\u2019 airport shooting witness Gena Roland said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The trooper was thankfully awake and coherent when the ambulance arrived, albeit in a lot of pain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018It was intense. There were many good Samaritans that stopped and ran to the trooper. I think we had five of us down there before the cops and paramedics arrived on scene.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Other locals wrote online that they saw dozens of police and other emergency vehicles rushing to the airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced the deaths of the two churchgoers shortly before a 4.30pm press conference identified them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Please pray for everyone affected by these senseless acts of violence, and let\u2019s give thanks for the swift response by the Lexington Police Department and Kentucky State Police,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton also offered her prayers for the victims\u2019 families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Like so many communities across the country, today our community has experienced a mass shooting, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries. A state police trooper has also been injured,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Our police have a strong partnership with state police. The agencies will work together to fully investigate this tragedy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Part of the airport drive was shut down as local police investigated, but flights and airport operations soon returned to normal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A blue Nissan, believed to be the shooter\u2019s car, was taped off by police as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Three other people were wounded in a third shooting at 3.49am on Sunday on the other side of town to the airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A woman suffered life-threatening injuries when she was hit Winchester Road, near the intersection with Liberty Road. Two men were wounded and drove themselves to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Whether the earlier shooting had any connection to the airport and church rampage is unknown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Yet another\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14901889\/active-shooter-louisville-kentucky-expo-center-fairground.html\" target=\"_self\">shooter opened fire<\/a><\/span>\u00a0near the\u00a0Run 4 the Roses basketball tournament at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, elsewhere in Kentucky, on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two churchgoers have been killed and a state trooper seriously wounded in two shootouts during a gunman\u2019s rampage. 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