LEXINGTON – A newly filed federal court objection offers one of the most detailed reconstructions yet of how prosecutors say a group of Lexington gang members planned, surveilled and carried out the daytime execution of a federal witness — and how a woman close to the group allegedly helped make the killing possible.
The 49-page filing, submitted by federal prosecutors on December 15, pulls together cell phone location data, license-plate reader records, surveillance video, ballistics evidence, social-media posts and thousands of text messages to describe what authorities call a paid murder-for-hire meant to silence Kristopher Lewis, a cooperating defendant in a federal drug case.
Lewis was shot to death shortly after 8 a.m. on Sept. 29, 2023, as he arrived for work at Koch Air on Trade Street in Lexington. According to investigators, a dark sedan had been parked in the lot for at least an hour before Lewis arrived. When he stepped out of his vehicle, three masked gunmen exited the car, opened fire and fled within seconds.
A killing prosecutors say was ordered
Federal authorities allege the hit was ordered by Rollie Lamar, who was facing federal drug charges and believed Lewis was cooperating against him. Prosecutors say Lamar paid members of the Hot Boyz street gang to carry out the murder…