UPDATE: Dec. 9 at 6:00 p.m.
A Fayette County uniform citation revealed that 18-year-old Micah L. Carter is connected to a shooting that took place back in May 2023.
LEX 18's Kayleigh Randle traveled to the Fayette County Courthouse to obtain the May 21, 2023 citation. The document connects Carter to a shooting that occurred at the intersection of Charles Avenue and Oak Street in Lexington. The shooting happened a little after 7:30 p.m.
The citation reads Carter shot at a moving vehicle on Charles Avenue near Oak Street. Later that evening, police found Carter at UK Hospital suffering multiple gunshot wounds.
Officers recovered numerous shell casings that were found at the shooting site. During the investigation, multiple houses and three vehicles were hit by the gunfire, which resulted in more than $1,000 worth of damage.
The citation continues to describe that six occupants in the residences were struck by the gunfire, and four occupants in the moving vehicle were also struck. Carter remains at the Scott County Detention Center.
UPDATE: Dec. 8 at 1 p.m.
A complaint warrant revealed additional information regarding the deadly shooting on Tates Creek Road in October that resulted in the death of one person and the arrest of a teen.
The warrant read that on Oct. 24, police were called to the 3600 block of Tates Creek Road on a shots fired call and a victim being down. When police arrived, three individuals were reportedly seen by officers fleeing the scene and they were arrested.
During a police investigation, officers found a teen, identified by police as 18-year-old Micah L. Carter, with a gunshot wound to the leg and he was taken to an area hospital for treatment, the complaint said.
According to the complaint, witnesses identified Carter as the alleged shooter. Carter then allegedly told police that "he was shooting that night at a black car that fled the scene."
A search of the shooting scene, the warrant read, resulted in the recovery of several shell casings. In addition, police searched Carter's apartment in which police found a handgun with blood on it. Additional tests determined that the shell casings found at the shooting scene were a match to the handgun.
According to a citation, on Dec. 7 at around 11 p.m., an officer with the Georgetown Police Department conducted a traffic stop. The vehicle allegedly fled the scene and drove into Fayette County, hitting several vehicles while driving the wrong way.
The driver, identified as Carter, then allegedly tried to hit a police cruiser and "intentionally rammed a car," attempting to move it out of the way, the citation read. Following an hour long police pursuit, Carter was arrested after he pulled into a gas station in Scott County on Dec. 8, shortly after midnight.
Carter was charged with murder and possession of a handgun, along with several additional charges including tampering with evidence, reckless driving, first-degree wanton endangerment, and first-degree operating a vehicle while under the influence.
UPDATE: Dec. 8 at 10:30 a.m.
One man has been arrested in connection to a deadly shooting on Tates Creek Road a couple weeks ago.
According to Lexington Police, 18-year-old Micah Carter was taken into custody Sunday morning, charged with murder and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.
Carter was arrested through a warrant from the Georgetown Police Department related to this homicide.
Carter is being held in the Scott County Detention Center.
UPDATE: Oct. 25 at 1 p.m.
20-year-old Jadyn Ray Sleet has been identified by the Fayette County Coroner as the individual killed in a Thursday night shooting on the 3000 block of Tates Creek Road.
According to the coroner, Sleet died from a gunshot wound just before midnight.
Original Story:
One person is dead, and one is injured after a shooting that happened on Thursday night on Tates Creek Road in Lexington.
Lexington police said they received a call about shots fired around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday.
When arriving on the scene, police said they found one person dead, and another was located with non-life-threatening injuries.
No other information has been released.
