Officials Identify Suspect In Kentucky Shootings At Church And Airport

The gunman officials opportunity killed 2 women and wounded a authorities trooper successful Kentucky on Sunday has been identified arsenic 47-year-old Guy House, according to nan Lexington Police Department.

Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers said House changeable a Kentucky State Police trooper connected a terminal roadworthy astatine Blue Grass Airport astatine 11:36 a.m. The trooper pulled him complete aft receiving a licence sheet scholar alert successful nan area.

The trooper is receiving treatment, Weathers said.

House past allegedly fled nan area, and rule enforcement caught up pinch him astatine Richmond Road Baptist Church astir 16 miles away. There, House allegedly besides opened occurrence and deed 4 people, Weathers said.

Police guidelines astatine nan beforehand of nan Richmond Road Baptist Church pursuing a shooting Sunday successful Lexington, Ky.Timothy D. Easley / AP

Beverly Gumm, 72, and her daughter, Christina Combs, 32, were pronounced dormant connected nan scene, according to Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn. Gumm was joined to nan church's pastor, nationalist records indicate.

Officers fatally changeable House, Weathers confirmed.

Weathers said that preliminary accusation indicates House "may person had a relationship to nan individuals astatine nan church."

A information for nan shootings remains unclear.