The man accused of a shooting rampage Sunday at a rural Kentucky church after wounding a state trooper had been expected in court Monday for a domestic violence hearing, a local official said.
Police say Guy House, 47, shot the trooper during a traffic stop near Lexington’s airport, fled in a carjacked vehicle, then opened fire at Richmond Road Baptist Church, killing two women and wounding two men before officers fatally shot him.
House went to the church looking for the mother of his children, but his domestic violence hearing did not involve her, the Lexington Heald-Leader reported, citing a sister of the woman, Rachael Barnes.
Matt Ball, a deputy clerk for family court in Fayette County, confirmed to The Associated Press that House had been scheduled for the domestic violence hearing on Monday.
Police say Beverly Gumm, 72, and Christina Combs, 34, were killed in the shooting. One of