Agent: Daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay fatally shot

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Agent: Daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay fatally shot 
GARY B. GRAVES, AP Sports Writer

 

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The 15-year-old daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay was fatally shot in the neck, authorities and the athlete's agent said Sunday, and police have arrested a man in connection with the shooting.

 

Trinity Gay died at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, the coroner's office for Fayette County said in a statement. The athlete's agent, Mark Wetmore, confirmed in a text message to The Associated Press that Gay's daughter had died.

 

Police on Sunday evening announced that Dvonta Middlebrooks, 21, was arrested and charged with wanton endangerment and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. A statement said investigators determined that Middlebrooks was in the parking lot and fired multiple shots at the time of the incident.

 

Another man questioned by police has not been charged.

 

Lexington police said in a statement that officers went to the parking lot of a restaurant near the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington about 4 a.m. Sunday after witnesses reported an exchange of gunfire between two vehicles. Officers located one of the vehicles and stopped two people for questioning, the statement added.

 

Police spokeswoman Brenna Angel said police don't believe Trinity Gay was in either of the vehicles involved.

 

Tyson Gay competed in the last three Summer Olympics. He was part of a team that won a silver medal in the 4x100-meter relay at the 2012 London Games though that medal was ultimately stripped after Gay tested positive for steroids in 2013.

 

Last summer's Games in Rio featured another stinging disappointment for Gay, 33, who has battled injuries. He was a member of the American men's 4x100-meter relay team that finished third in the final before being disqualified for an illegal baton exchange between Mike Rodgers and Justin Gatlin. The team's appeal was denied, giving Canada the bronze medal.

 

Trinity Gay was a sprinter at Lafayette High in Lexington and finished fourth in the 100 meters and fifth in the 200 meters at the state Class 3A high school track meet in May, records show. She also ran on a 4x200 relay team that finished fourth. Her father, who ran years earlier at Lafayette, still holds the state record in the 100 set in 2001.

 

Fayette County Public Schools Superintendent Manny Caulk said in a statement that "Our hearts are broken this morning over the loss of Trinity to this tragic and senseless act of violence. Please join us in keeping the Gay family close in thought and prayer and supporting the students, staff, and families at Lafayette High during this unspeakably difficult time."

 

Grief counselors will be at Lafayette High School on Monday for students and staff, Fayette school spokeswoman Lisa Deffendall added in an email.

 

The police statement didn't identify Trinity Gay by name, saying a juvenile who was struck at the scene was taken by private vehicle to the UK Hospital and later pronounced dead. Police were still searching for the second vehicle, police said, adding they are continuing to investigate.

 

A tweet from Kentucky High School Athletic Association Commissioner Julian Tackett tweeted that he was stunned: "Shocked to hear of death of Trinity Gay. A life of such potential cut so tragically short. Sympathies to Tyson and entire family."

 

USA Track and Field also tweeted, "Sending our thoughts & prayers to @TysonLGay & his loved ones as they mourn the tragic & senseless loss of his daughter, Trinity."

 

And NBA veteran Vince Carter of the Memphis Grizzlies tweeted his sympathy as well: "Many prayers up to @TysonLGay and his family"

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Associated Press writer John Raby in Charleston, West Virginia, and AP Sports Writers Pat Graham and Teresa M. Walker contributed to this story.

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-10-17

[edwinchester]

Tragic that a seemingly innocent bystander should die in the crossfire but one question that needs to be asked is why is a 15 year old girl out and about at 4 am?

[DM07]

5 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Tragic that a seemingly innocent bystander should die in the crossfire but one question that needs to be asked is why is a 15 year old girl out and about at 4 am?

If she would be 25, would that make you feel better?

Or if that damn shooting would have happened at 6 pm?

The problem here is not, why someone...ANYONE...was on the street at that time!

The problem is THE SHOOTING!

[JetsetBkk]

10 minutes ago, DM07 said:

6 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Tragic that a seemingly innocent bystander should die in the crossfire but one question that needs to be asked is why is a 15 year old girl out and about at 4 am?

If she would be 25, would that make you feel better?

Or if that damn shooting would have happened at 6 pm?

The problem here is not, why someone...ANYONE...was on the street at that time!

The problem is THE SHOOTING!

 

Exactly my first thoughts: what was she - a 15 year old - doing out at 4 a.m.?

My second thoughts: what kind of people are out at 4 a.m.?

 

These questions seem to go over the heads of some posters here.

 

[1130bobs]

this is what is now called the urban culture - it rules major parts of all cities in usa, not the police at all.

4 am at 15 is supposed to be fine in this culture, but they know the area & the risks.  these are war zones regarding the frequency of shooting  - daily, but we should not talk about it or disparage it - only offer sympathy.  down the tubes??

[Grubster]

1 hour ago, 1130bobs said:

this is what is now called the urban culture - it rules major parts of all cities in usa, not the police at all.

4 am at 15 is supposed to be fine in this culture, but they know the area & the risks.  these are war zones regarding the frequency of shooting  - daily, but we should not talk about it or disparage it - only offer sympathy.  down the tubes??

Yes please don't say anything about how these scum bags are living as they may have a riot if we say anything. They won't have a shopping spree over one of there own killing one of there own,  Thank god the police were not there in time to kill the perpetrator or there would definetly be a riot.

[Pat in Pattaya]

3 hours ago, DM07 said:

If she would be 25, would that make you feel better?

Or if that damn shooting would have happened at 6 pm?

The problem here is not, why someone...ANYONE...was on the street at that time!

The problem is THE SHOOTING!

 

He's got a point though, even if you are completely dismissing it.

[DM07]

38 minutes ago, Pat in Pattaya said:

 

He's got a point though, even if you are completely dismissing it.

No he hasn't!

If it weren't for her, maybe someone else would be dead!

You are missing the point!

This is not about "bad girl, bad dad"!

This is about TWO NUMBNUTS shooting at each other!

[robertthebruce]

 

Tragic , poor Girl just a Kid...

 

life lost at such a Tender Age....

 

 

[TooPoopedToPop]

2 hours ago, DM07 said:

No he hasn't!

If it weren't for her, maybe someone else would be dead!

You are missing the point!

This is not about "bad girl, bad dad"!

This is about TWO NUMBNUTS shooting at each other!

No, it's not just about TWO NUMBNUTS shooting at each other.

It's about a culture of violence where parents should be held accountable if they allow their children out all night to risk their lives.

[SOTIRIOS]

....as was mentioned....many things not right in the story.....

 

...a recipe for disaster...or tragedy.......

 

...what a shame....

[Johpa]

11 hours ago, DM07 said:

If she would be 25, would that make you feel better?

Or if that damn shooting would have happened at 6 pm?

The problem here is not, why someone...ANYONE...was on the street at that time!

The problem is THE SHOOTING!

 

There are two valid problems here: (1) gun violence in America, and (2) a 15 year old girl out past 11:00PM.

[Scott]

I think enough has been said to blame the victim for being out at 4:00 in the morning.   Yesterday, I ran into one of my neighbor's kids at shortly after 4:00 in the morning as I was out early (jet lag) to get groceries.   I asked what he was doing and he replied that his dad sent him to pick up somethings before they went to the airport for a flight at 7:00 a.m.

 

 

[edwinchester]

14 hours ago, DM07 said:

If she would be 25, would that make you feel better?

Or if that damn shooting would have happened at 6 pm?

The problem here is not, why someone...ANYONE...was on the street at that time!

The problem is THE SHOOTING!

Of course it wouldn't make anything better if she were older or if it had happened in the light of day.

What I am saying is that if she had been at home like a 15 year old should be instead of being out at 4 am she would still be alive. She was in a situation no 15 year old should have been in.

And yes the problem was the shooting but terrible things happen but it could have been avoided.

Edited October 17, 2016 by edwinchester

[daveAustin]

11 hours ago, DM07 said:

No he hasn't!

If it weren't for her, maybe someone else would be dead!

You are missing the point!

This is not about "bad girl, bad dad"!

This is about TWO NUMBNUTS shooting at each other!

 

I believe you are missing the point. The thread is in regards to Tyson Gay's daughter. Shootings happen in the US all the time, we get that, and anyone has a chance of getting hit if they are in the wrong place at the wrong time. But by your stance, if your 15 year old daughter/grand daughter were out at 4am and got shot, you would completely denounce that point (the point) as a triviality because it is all about 'two numbnuts shooting at each other'?

 

I was quite shocked on hearing this news yesterday and felt sad for the guy. Didn't know it was at 4am. Perhaps she was on a paper-round or there is some innocent explanation, but it surely begs the question...

[JKfarang]

My sincere condolences to the family.  Another young innocent life gone for no reason and, no doubt, years of sorrow and anguish ahead for those who loved her.  Bottom line: way too many guns in America which are too easy to obtain.   Arming the "good guys" with even more guns is not the answer and only serves to further line the pockets of manufacturers and dealers.  Nationwide control laws are, in my opinion, the only thing that can possibly curb the ongoing violence in the US.  Much easier to shoot someone than get in their face and stab them. 

 

Unfortunately, serious gun control legislation will probably never become law in my lifetime. Special interest groups and their lobbyists are in total control of the US Congress. And those who think the 2nd Amendment "right to bear arms" will protect them from a tyrannical government in this age of advanced weaponry are only fooling themselves.

[i claudius]

Black lives matter , and people should march in protest .

but not it seems if a 15 year old black girl is shot down by 3 black thugs .

RIP child.

by the way i too ask what is a 15 year old child doing out at 4 am in the morning?

[Pat in Pattaya]

17 hours ago, DM07 said:

No he hasn't!

If it weren't for her, maybe someone else would be dead!

You are missing the point!

This is not about "bad girl, bad dad"!

This is about TWO NUMBNUTS shooting at each other!

 

Spin it out you want, but it is NOT a good idea for a 15 year old girl to be on the streets at 4am. End of story.

[DM07]

Deflection, deflection and some victim blaming!

Great!