The Fayette County coroner has confirmed that the man who apparently fatally shot himself after a standoff with police at a home in Lexington was an openly gay former politician who won the the Democratic primary nomination in 2010 for a seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives.
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Police in Shelby County have arrested a man who barricaded himself inside a Shelbyville home for several hours Thursday morning.
The incident began at about 9 a.m. At a home on Frankfort Road. Police say they received a domestic disturbance call, and say it escalated to a barricaded subject... more »
A police standoff at a Jessamine County home ended peacefully Wednesday afternoon, several hours after it began and shut down part of a Nicholasville neighborhood. The standoff began at about 10:30 a.m. Police surrounded a house on S. Third Street in Nicholasville just before noon and blocked off from Maple... more »
Police in Jessamine County were on the scene of a standoff with a suspect Wednesday afternoon. According to the Jessamine Journal, police surrounded a house on S. Third Street in Nicholasville and blocked off from Maple to Broadway and Chestnut to Third Street. Police say they were called to the... more »
A man fired at Richmond police officers Wednesday night, sparking a two hour standoff. Police say they were dispatched on a domestic violence call to a home along Lowell Avenue around 10:30 p.m. for a fight involving 21-year-old Christopher Harris and his grandfather. When officers knocked on the door, they... more »
Police in Scott County said Friday night that a standoff with an armed man ended peacefully, but that the suspect had to be taken to the hospital.
The incident began at about 5 p.m. in the Colony subdivision in Georgetown. Mike Vest barricaded himself inside the home on Williamsburg... more »
Lexington police arrested a burglary suspect after a short foot chase and standoff at an apartment complex early Wednesday morning. Police say they went to a home on Northland Drive after getting a terroristic threatening call. When officers arrived, they found a burglary had taken place. Police saw the suspect,... more »
Two brothers suspected in a Lexington home invasion robbery have been arrested after a standoff with police Friday morning. The standoff lasted for about 2 hours at an apartment on Fontaine Road. Police say Justin and Jeremy Hersey were arrested without incident after negotiators persuaded them to surrender. Police say... more »
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Police in Louisville have found the body of a woman inside a home after a standoff with a man who held a gun to his own head. WAVE-TV reported the incident began late Thursday when police went to a western Louisville nieghborhood to check on the... more »
