Man airlifted to Lexington hospital after overnight shooting in Clay County

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Kentucky State Police are investigating an overnight shooting in Clay County that left a 23-year-old man with life-threatening injuries.

Troopers said they were called around 2:00 a.m. Saturday to a home on Portersburg Road near Manchester after reports of a family member making threats, followed by gunshots.

When they arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound to the chest. Troopers applied a chest seal before EMS took him to St. Joseph London. He was later airlifted to UK Hospital in Lexington…

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