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Suspect kills 2 women in Kentucky church after shooting state trooper, police say

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, JUL 13 – The suspect, Guy House, 47, killed two women and wounded three others after shooting a state trooper; the trooper is in stable condition, officials said.

  • On July 13, 2025, a suspect shot a Kentucky state trooper near Blue Grass Airport before fatally shooting two women and wounding two men at Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington.
  • The incident started when a state trooper pulled over a vehicle following an alert from a license plate reader, after which 47-year-old Guy House fled the scene and forcibly took another car before heading to the church.
  • At the church, the shooter killed two women, identified by authorities as a 72-year-old named Beverly Gumm and 34-year-old Christina Combs, and injured two men who were taken to the hospital—one in critical condition and the other in stable condition.
  • Lexington Police officers fatally wounded the suspect at the scene, Chief Lawrence Weathers stated, with the Kentucky State Police and Lexington’s Public Integrity Unit leading the investigation.
  • The shootings deeply shocked the community and led officials, including Gov. Andy Beshear, to call for prayers and support, with Beshear emphasizing that such violence is unacceptable anywhere in the state or nation.
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NBC Bay Area broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Sunday, July 13, 2025.
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