UPDATE: Suspect in September homicide arrested in Arizona
UPDATE: PHOENIX, Ar (WTVQ): The suspect wanted in connection with a September homicide has been arrested.
Lexington Police say Jacolby Williams was arrested in Phoenix, Arizona on Thursday, following a tip by Bluegrass Crime Stoppers.
Williams was arrested in connection with the shooting death of 18-year-old Dametrius Hampton.
He’s been charged with murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He’s currently behind bars in a Marisopa County Jail awaiting extradition to Fayette County.
U.S. Marshalls, Tempe Police Department, and Mariscopa County Sheriff’s Office and others assisted in the arrest.
ORIGINAL:
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — The Fayette County Coroner has identified the victim of the South Broadway shooting as 18-year-old Dametrius Hampton.
The Lexington police have identified the suspect as 21-year-old Jacolby Williams.
Police say he is considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone who has any information on Williams whereabouts is urged to call Lexington police.
Lexington police say around 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning they responded to the 800 block of South Broadway for a call involving a shooting with a victim.
When they arrived, they found Hampton who’d been shot in the parking lot.
Police say he died at the scene.
LFD says Williams fled the scene before officers arrived.
Lexington police are asking anyone with information, to contact them at 859-258-3600.
