An 18-year-old about to graduate was found dead in a Lexington park on April 30, 2023. Damar Weathers, born Damarvieon Lamonte Sellers on March 19, 2005, was discovered in Castlewood Park around 8 a.m. and was pronounced dead at the scene; the Fayette County Coroner’s Office determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound. His death was the city’s fifth homicide of 2023.

Weathers had recently completed graduation requirements at Bryan Station High School and planned to participate in the May commencement. He had been active in Jobs for America’s Graduates and the Bryan Station Medical Academy, and was described as caring toward younger children and people with special needs. He is survived by his parents, Duane and Francine Weathers, and several siblings.

Lexington police opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for information; as of the latest reports no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified. If anyone has information about what happened at Castlewood Park that morning, please come forward.