On July 13, 2025, a series of shootings took place in Lexington, Kentucky, United States that left three people dead, including the perpetrator, along with three others critically wounded, including a state trooper that was shot twice during the initial shooting.
The shooting began around 11:35 am EST when 47-year-old Guy E. House shot a Kentucky State Police trooper near Blue Grass Airport on Terminal Drive during a traffic stop in which the trooper had received a license plate reader alert.[1][2]
After shooting the trooper, he then committed a carjacking before driving approximately 15 miles to the Richmond Road Baptist Church while being pursued by police officers.[3] House entered the church through a back door and asked if the mother of his three children was in attendance. Parishioners told House that she wasn't there, to which he responded that "someone is gonna have to die" before opening fire.[4]
House shot 72-year-old Beverly Gumm in the chest, killing her, inside the church before going outside where he killed 34-year-old Christina Combs and injured Gumm's husband and the church pastor.[4] House was then confronted by police who shot and killed him.[5][3]
Perpetrator
Subsequent to the shooting, the perpetrator was identified as 47-year-old Guy E. House (June 20, 1978 – July 13, 2025), a native from Pewee Valley, Kentucky who lived in Lexington throughout most of his life.[6] According to The Independent, House has a lengthy criminal history dating all the way back to his first crime in 1999, which includes two speeding charges out of Ohio in 2011, as well as auto theft in Kentucky.[7] On September 11, 2022, House was arrested and charged with 1st degree fleeing and evading, resisting arrest, and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.[8][7][9]
Public reaction
Kentucky GovernorAndy Beshear responded on X writing "I'm heartbroken to share the shooting in Lexington at Richmond Road Baptist Church has taken the lives of two people. Other injuries — including a Kentucky State Police trooper from the initial stop — are being treated at a nearby hospital. The shooter has also been killed."[10]
Lexington MayorLinda Gorton issued a statement and offered her prayers to the victims stating "Like so many communities across the country, today our community has experienced a mass shooting, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries.[10]
The following week, on July 20, the church reopened for Sunday services. Rachel Barnes, who lost her mother and a sister in the attack, said that "We're all just trying to stick together and help each other".[11]
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