A late-night shooting at a Lexington restaurant turned deadly on August 9, 2024. Antoine Clay, 31, was fatally wounded when a vehicle pulled up to El Cid on National Avenue shortly after midnight and a shooter in the passenger seat fired through an open garage bay door into the crowded establishment. Six people were struck; all were taken to the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital and Clay was pronounced dead at 12:59 a.m. The five other victims — four women and one man — suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Lexington Police opened a homicide investigation with FBI assistance and have asked the public and nearby businesses to review surveillance footage. No suspects or arrests have been publicly identified. The property owner said El Cid had been operating more like a nightclub at night and that eviction proceedings over unpaid rent were already underway; the restaurant was evicted after the shooting.

Did anyone in the Lexington area see or record activity near El Cid that night?