Lexington Police say someone shot Christopher Thongs more than once. He collapsed on a porch and later died at UK Hospital. But who killed Thongs?
Lexington Police Officers, detectives and the Commonwealth’s Attorney also want to know why someone shot the 19-year-old. And they were out on Loudon Avenue near Idlewild Court investigating for hours.
They started in around 3 p.m. Thursday, just as Michael Marcum had come home.
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“Police, emergency squad, fire department and they were really working on the feller in the drive,” said Marcum.
He watched them try to save his neighbor, but Thongs lay motionless. A couple hours later, he would die.
“I know something really bad had happened when the crime lab pulled up,” said Marcum.
A forensic team took pictures, video and measurements of the scene that reportedly started at 285 Loudon and spread two houses down. That’s where police say Thongs collapsed. They found blood at each home and about 10 shell casings littered the yards.
“My understanding is the victim was shot in one location and then tried to leave, or flee from the person who shot him, and then ended up collapsing in another location,” said Lexington Police Lt. Chris Van Brackel.
Officers struggled to identify who was a suspect or just a witness because everyone scattered when the gunfire rang out. They searched several houses for anyone hiding out and would eventually take a number of people to headquarters for questioning until finally narrowing their suspects down to two people.
“And the only description we have is two male blacks in their late teens or early 20s and one of whom has dread locks,” said Lt. Van Brackel.
Thursday’s dramatic scene unnerved some neighbors, who also admitted crime isn’t that uncommon around the area.
“It’s a lot quieter up on the other end, but you got to live where you can,” said Marcum.
Police have not alluded to any sort of motive for the shooting that police say is Lexington’s fifth homicide of 2012.
