On New Year’s Day 2026, a shooting in a parking lot on South Broadway in Lexington, Kentucky, left two 20-year-olds dead and a third person critically injured. The gunfire was reported about 6:30 p.m.; officers responding to calls found three victims in a parking lot in the 1000 block of South Broadway, near the 300 block of Virginia Avenue. Mauricio Jenkins was pronounced dead at the scene; Julio Vazquez was taken to hospital and later died. The third victim was transported for emergency care.

The Fayette County Coroner’s Office later identified Jenkins and Vazquez as the deceased. Lexington police opened a homicide investigation, canvassed the area and asked residents and businesses to check surveillance footage. No motive, arrests or suspect identifications have been announced.

Is anyone in the Lexington area aware of footage, witnesses or other information that could help investigators?