Officials have released the name of the man hit by several vehicles and killed as he tried to cross I-75 late Sunday night.

The Fayette County coroner says Mitchell A. Bryant, 33, of Georgetown, was the pedestrian hit after his car stalled and he tried to cross the interstate to get help.

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Police say a woman driving southbound around the 120 mile marker didn’t see Mitchell walking across the highway in time to stop. Officers say two other vehicles also hit him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Franklin County man is in jail charged with human trafficking after deputies say he was caught in the act.

19-year-old Jonathan Diaz was arrested at a Frankfort motel Saturday morning. The Sheriff’s Office worked with the Georgetown Police department to set up a sting operation.

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Officials say he  was trafficking a 15-year-old girl via social media.

Law enforcement is pleading with any other victims to come forward.

Diaz is being held in the Franklin Co. Detention Center.

Police are still working to figure out what lead to a man turning up in a Lexington neighborhood with a gunshot wound. The man was found early Sunday morning in a yard on Burnett Avenue, between North Limestone and Bryan Avenue.

A neighbor on Burnett Avenue says he was asleep when all of a sudden he heard somebody yelling. He came out and found a man in the grass with a gunshot wound.

“I wake up and I hear somebody screaming and yelling for help,” said neighbor Santos Quiros.

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It was a rude awakening for Santos Quiros, and a surprise for other neighbors who didn’t expect to wake up and hear about this happening in their neighborhood.

“I’m very shocked. I’m very surprised. Things do happen, but I am totally shocked to hear that someone was found shot right across the street from me,” said neighbor Mary Washington.

Santos says around 6 Sunday morning, he came out and saw 24-year-old Lamont Butler laying in the grass with a gunshot wound to his stomach and called 9-1-1. Police say Butler was dumped out of a dark SUV into the grass on Burnett Avenue.

“He said I hurt my hand and this and that, he was sweating, shaking and I don’t know what happened after that, they take him,” said Santos Quiros.

When police arrived, they say Butler was complaining that he couldn’t breathe. Butler also asked the officer to call his mom,
and the officer held his hand until the ambulance arrived.

“We’ll be praying for him and his family,” said Washington.

Right now, police say they’re not even sure where the shooting may have happened.  They don’t have any suspects in the case yet.
Butler was taken to UK Hospital for surgery.There have been no other updates on his condition.

The victim of a mysterious Sunday morning shooting has been identified.

Authorities tell LEX 18 that Lamont Butler, 24, was shot early Sunday morning at an unknown location and then dumped out of a dark SUV into the grass on Burnett Avenue near Limestone.

A neighbor told LEX 18 that he heard a commotion outside and when he walked out of his home he found a black male in his early 20’s complaining that he couldn’t breathe.

Just before 6:00 a.m. officers were called to the intersection of Burnett Avenue and Limestone for the report of someone who was shot.

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The sergeant says the man was shot in his abdomen on his left side. The victim was scared and asked police to call his mom. Authorities tell LEX 18 that an officer held his hand and told him he was going to be ok while waiting for the fire department to arrive.

The Fire Department quickly picked him up and rushed  him to UK Hospital. The victim was conscious when he was taken to UK.

The man had surgery early Sunday morning. There’s no word on his condition at this time.

Police do not have any suspects at this time.

It’s been two weeks since a mother of 5 disappeared in Nelson County. On Saturday, search teams continued their efforts looking for answers as to what happened to Crystal Rogers.

“You don’t know how much it means to us that people have came out and searched, and they are here today. It’s just overwhelming,” said Mike Ballard, Crystal’s uncle.

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More than 100 people from several different states including Florida and Ohio were searching for the Bardstown woman Saturday afternoon.

“Two weeks now we’ve had people daily coming out, tracking through mud and storms,” said Crystal’s great uncle, Sammy Johnson.

The mother of 5 was last seen by her boyfriend on July 3rd. Crystal’s car was later found abandoned on the Bluegrass Parkway with a flat tire.  Her keys, purse and cell phone found inside.

“You hope for the best, expect the worst, but I don’t think there’s anyway you can prepare for probably what’s going to happen,” said Ballard.

All over Nelson County and the surrounding areas, the family says they’ve scoured acres upon acres of farm land, searched the Bluegrass Parkway, and boated through bodies of water.

“Anybody around that has land, farms, you’re by the river, go out. Nobody knows your property like you do, search those properties, help us out,” said Ballard.

As they search Crystal’s family is still holding on to hope.

“And if Crystal is alive and someone did take her, let her go and send her back home to us,” said Crystal.

The reward money raised is up to $71,000. If you have any information, call the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office.