Joseph Demetrius Meachie Richardson, 35, was fatally shot outside Unity Worship Center in Lexington on June 4, 2022, while attending a funeral service. Emergency responders reached Haggard Court about 2:00 p.m.; Richardson, a Versailles resident, was taken to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital and pronounced dead at 2:42 p.m. of a gunshot wound. A woman also suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the same incident.

Born March 15, 1987, in Lexington, Richardson was a husband and father who worked as a granite sealer and enjoyed motorcycles, singing, and dancing. Police described the killing as a possible execution style shooting and believed it was retaliation; it was recorded as Lexington’s 22nd homicide in 2022. No arrests have been announced and a reward was offered for information leading to an arrest.

Did anyone at the service or in the area that afternoon see something that could identify the attacker or attackers?