Early in the morning on Monday, September 8, a Lexington police officer returned shots at a person armed with a rifle during a foot pursuit. The shooting occurred only about one-fifth of a mile from HC, at the apartment complex at 100 Lakeshore Drive.
Officers were dispatched around 2:05 a.m. for a reported robbery that occurred at 2000 Cambridge Drive. Upon arrival, the officers learned that an individual had been robbed and their vehicle was stolen. Police located the vehicle at the apartment complex at 100 Lakeshore Drive when an individual with a rifle fled on foot.
According to Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers, the person fired one shot during the pursuit. An officer returned fire, but no one was struck by the shots fired…