Malik Sleet, 26, was shot and killed in a parking lot in the 900 block of Winchester Road in Lexington in the pre-dawn hours of August 27, 2023. Lexington Police officers arrived just before 4:00 a.m. after reports of a shooting and found Sleet suffering from a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. A second man sustained non-life-threatening gunshot injuries and later arrived at a hospital.

The Lexington Police Department’s Personal Crimes Section opened an investigation and released video showing a large crowd in the area at the time, seeking witnesses. Bluegrass Crime Stoppers has been soliciting anonymous tips.

Did anyone in the community see or hear anything the morning of August 27 that could help investigators?