A 15-year-old female teenager did not make it after she was caught between exchange gunfire of two cars in Cook Out Restaurant in Kentucky, authorities said. The teenager has been recognized by the police as Trinity Gay of Lexington who happened to be the daughter of former U.S. Olympian sprinter Tyson Gay.
Trinity Gay, 15, was a sprinter teen just like her dad, Tyson Gay. She had played for Lafayette high School, competing numerous times in the state meet. Trinity suffered a gunshot injury at her neck and was brought to the University of Kentucky Medical Center, according to USA Today High School Sports. Trinity was pronounced dead in the hospital. "She didn't make it," Tyson Gay said to LEX 18.
The incident happened around 4 a.m. Sunday, Oct.16, according to lexingtonky.gov, after Fayette authorities responded to a parking lot shoot out. The same report also said that authorities located the gray Dodge Charger and imprisoned two possible individuals of interest for some questionings. Furthermore, the investigation is still going on.
The mother of the victim, Shoshana Boyd, said to New York Daily News that Trinity was so innocent. "She wanted to be the fastest woman in the world, and they took that away from her," the mother added.
The family's friends from the track and field sport extended their sincerest condolences to the bereaved family of Trinity. "Our hearts are broken this morning over the loss of Trinity to this tragic and senseless act of violence," Manny Caulk, Fayette County School Superintendent, said to Lexington Herald Leader.
In this young year, according to the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, there have been 6,886 incidents of gun violence in the United States, killing 1,781 people and injuring 3,475, as of Monday afternoon, according to The Washington Post. Of those injured or killed, 74 were under 12 of age.
