On the evening of December 7, 2021, gunfire erupted on the 1400 block of Hill Street in Lexington, Kentucky. Officers arrived near an apartment complex around 8:16 p.m. and found 51-year-old Ramon Pennie, a Black/African American man, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. First responders began CPR and he was taken to UK Chandler Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:53 p.m.

The shooting also damaged five vehicles and two apartments in the area; no other injuries were reported. Pennie’s death was recorded as Lexington’s 35th homicide of the year. The Lexington Police Department has not publicly identified any suspects and no arrests have been announced. Anyone with information is asked to contact authorities or submit anonymous tips to Bluegrass Crime Stoppers.

Did anyone in the Hill Street area that evening see or hear anything that could help investigators?