Homeowner claims overnight Lexington shooting was hate crime

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Police are searching for the person who fired more than a dozen rounds into a home on Magoffin Street early Tuesday morning.

People were inside the home at the time of the shooting, police said.

Ring camera captures shooting

Around 4:45 a.m., Alyani Thompson’s Ring camera captured footage of a masked person firing multiple rounds from an AR-style rifle into her window.

“I was getting Ring camera alerts and something told me to look at my camera and that’s when I seen multiple police officers here,” Thompson said.

Thompson’s mother was inside the home at the time and woke up to the sound of gunfire…

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