Eric Sweat, 36, was shot during a disturbance at a residence on Sandalwood Drive in Lexington, Kentucky, on the evening of November 25, 2021. Police were called around 8:37 p.m.; officers found Sweat with gunshot injuries and he was taken to the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, where he died later that night. His death was recorded as Lexington’s 34th homicide of 2021.

Investigators arrested a 17-year-old male in connection with the shooting; he was charged with murder and taken to the Fayette Regional Juvenile Detention Center. The juvenile’s name has not been released because of his age. Very little additional detail about the dispute or what led to the shooting has been provided publicly.