A deadly shooting spree unfolded Sunday in central Kentucky, leaving two church women dead and several others injured, including a Kentucky State Police trooper.
The suspect was later killed during a confrontation with law enforcement.
The violence began just before noon when a trooper attempted a traffic stop near Blue Grass Airport on Terminal Drive.
The vehicle had been flagged by a license plate reader.
The driver, later identified as 47-year-old Guy E. House, opened fire on the trooper, seriously wounding him.
Bystanders on their way to the airport rushed to help the officer, who was hospitalized and remains in stable condition.
“There were some people en route to the airport, and they got out and assisted the trooper,” said Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers, according to Fox News. “I appreciate them for getting out and doing what they did.”
Authorities used aerial surveillance and real-time tracking to locate House at Richmond Road Baptist Church, several miles away.
There, the situation escalated into a tragic and deadly confrontation.
Inside the church basement, 72-year-old Beverly Gumm and her daughter, Star Rutherford, were preparing lunch for the congregation when House burst in.
According to Rutherford, he was searching for her sister—the mother