Coroner releases name of woman found shot to death on Maple Avenue

The coroner has identified the victim as 33-year-old Nicole Morton

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Fayette County coroner has released the name of a woman found shot to death Tuesday morning at a home on Maple Avenue in Lexington. The coroner has identified the woman as 33-year-old Nicole Morton.

The coroner says her cause of death is from a gunshot wound. Police say they found Morton’s body after responding to a call about shots fired around 4 a.m. Her death is the city’s 39th homicide of the year.

Original Story published on October 25 at 8 a.m.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A woman died from a gunshot wound Tuesday morning in an apartment in the 700 block of Maple Avenue.

Officers say they responded to a call of shots fired around 4 a.m. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a woman inside the apartment suffering from a gunshot wound. She was declared dead on the scene by the Lexington Fire Department.

The woman’s name has not been released yet.