UDPATE: Investigators identify teen killed in Lexington shooting

A 14-year-old boy is the city's 37th homicide this year

UPDATE POSTED DEC. 31, 2021 AT 1:15 P.M.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – The identity of a 14-year-old boy killed in a shooting has been released.

Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn says Larry Perez Morales was pronounced dead at the University of Kentucky Medical Center after being shot multiple times at the 300 block of Betsy Lane. He was pronounced dead at UK Medical Center at 9:53 p.m., Ginn said.

Police say Morales’ death is a homicide. This is the city’s 37th homicide this year, which sets the record of the most homicides in the city in a single year. The previous record of 34 was set in 2020.

ORIGINAL STORY POSTED ON DEC. 31, 2021 AT 11:07 A.M.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A 14-year-old boy is Fayette County’s 37th homicide victim of the year, according to police.

The shooting was reported at 9:08 p.m. Thursday in the 300 block of Betsy Lane, police said in a release. When police say when they arrived to the call of shots fired with one person suffering injuries, they located the 14-year-old in a yard with life-threatening injuries. Officers performed CPR until the Lexington Fire Department arrived. The victim was transported to UK Medical Center where he died.

The victim’s name will be released by the Fayette County Coroner’s Office.

Investigators are asking anyone with information to call Lexington Police at (859) 258-3600. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Bluegrass Crime Stoppers by calling (859) 253-2020, online at www.bluegrasscrimestoppers.com, or through the P3 tips app available at www.p3tips.com.

Of the 37 homicides, which continues to set a new record for the county above last year’s record of 34, 36 have involved a shooting. One was a beating, police have said.