James Allen Palmaiter, 44, was shot and killed in the early hours of August 5, 2022, at an apartment complex on Augusta Drive near Eastland Parkway in Lexington, Kentucky. Police were dispatched around 2 a.m.; officers found Palmaiter with gunshot wounds and the Fayette County Coroner pronounced him dead at the scene.

Authorities arrested 53-year-old Sean Smith and booked him into the Fayette County Detention Center. The Lexington Police Department charged Smith with murder and wanton endangerment in the first degree in connection with Palmaiter’s death. Police have not publicly disclosed a motive as the investigation continues.

If anyone has information about Palmaiter, the events that night, or the location, please share what is known with investigators.