A December shooting on Pemberton Street in Lexington ended in the death of 24-year-old Devon Dockery Jr. Police say the shooting happened shortly before 5 p.m. on December 27, 2023, when officers found Dockery inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds. He was taken to the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, where he died.

Investigators located a 26-year-old, Luquan Hayes, as a suspect. Court documents describe surveillance footage from a nearby grocery store showing Hayes about 37 minutes before the shooting, and further video showing Dockery picking up Hayes on Chestnut Street shortly before the incident. Cell phone records reportedly show communication between the two about 50 minutes before the shooting. Neighborhood surveillance from residences on Pemberton Street captured the vehicle pulling over, muzzle flashes from the passenger side, and a person identified as Hayes exiting and fleeing; the car then rolled forward and struck another vehicle after Dockery was shot.

Hayes was arrested and charged with Dockery’s murder and booked into the Fayette County Detention Center. Does anyone have additional information about what led to Dockery and Hayes meeting that evening?