LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – A man shot and killed his wife in Lexington, according to police.
Police say they received a call around 1:30 Wednesday afternoon from a man who told them he just shot his wife at a home on Bay Colony Lane, off Sandersville Road in the Masterson Station area.
When officers arrived, police say they found a woman dead with gunshot wounds.
Police say 59-year-old Stephon Henderson surrendered to officers without incident.
Henderson is charged with Murder (domestic violence), violation of an EPO and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The name of the victim has not yet been released.
The case is being investigated as a homicide, making it Lexington’s 42nd of 2022.
The investigation adds to what city leaders are calling a crisis with domestic violence in the city. Over a dozen people have died from domestic violence this year. In early November 2021, there were zero.
Just this month, the city launched the It’s Time Lexington program, designed to address and do something about the growing domestic violence crisis. It’s a three-phase approach from learning about domestic violence and identifying it, learning to talk about it and acting to stop it.
This is a developing story.
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