LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — The Fayette County Coroner’s Office has identified the shooting victim as 18-year-old Dametrius Hampton.

According to the coroner’s report, Hampton was declared dead at 4:14 a.m. outside of the Cook Out fast food restaurant.

Earlier on Sunday, the Lexington police identified 21-year-old Jacolby Williams as the alleged shooter and asked him to turn himself in.


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One man is dead after an early morning shooting on South Broadway.

At 3:27 a.m., Lexington police were called to the 800 block of South Broadway after a man was found lying in a parking lot.

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At the scene, the police said they found a man who had been fatally shot. The shooter fled before the police arrived.

The Fayette County Coroner’s Office will release the name of the deceased at a later time.