Police and courts in the Lexington, Ky., area
By Lisa King
The man who was wanted for questioning in Wednesday night’s shooting of Joel Mena, 17, is now wanted for murder.
Shelbyville Police said Friday that a murder warrant has been issued for Salomon Caballero Gomez, who they believe gunned down Mena in the middle in Shelbyville Wednesday night.
Police say Gomez should be considered armed.
Read more in the Shelbyville Sentinel-News.
A Lexington man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a man found outside a bar in July.
Yves M. Garner, 31, was charged Wednesday with murder of Henry Means, 35, who was shot multiple times and found about 11:30 p.m. July 20 outside the Around the Korner bar on Anniston Drive, off Eastland Parkway.
Means was taken to University of Kentucky Medical Center where he later died.
Garner has also been charged with tampering with physical evidence. He is being held at the Fayette County jail.
Lexington police request that anyone with information about this incident contact the Personal Crimes Section at (859) 258-3700 or Bluegrass Crime Stoppers at (859) 253-2020.
Herald-Leader staff report
University of Kentucky safety Ashton Cobb has applied for reinstatement to school after being suspended for his arrest on charges of stalking and terroristic threatening, Coach Rich Brooks said Monday at his weekly press conference.
Cobb, who was arrested on Friday, is accused of sending threatening text messages and making threatening phone calls to his ex-girlfriend. Cobb is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Fayette County District Court.
UK spokesman Tony Neely said the university is not allowed to comment on Cobb’s reinstatement process due to student privacy laws.
The Herald-Dispatch reports that Kentucky State Police arrested 15 people Wednesday in connection with a year-long drug trafficking investigation in Boyd, Carter, Lawrence and Greenup counties. Check out the story here.
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