Madilyn Taylor Grisham was 20 and a junior at the University of Kentucky when she was killed by gunfire in the early hours of November 29, 2020. She was attending a large party at a Payne Street venue near Lexington Cemetery when shots rang out; hundreds of people were there. Madilyn was struck while running to her car with roommates and was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other people, ages 34 and 22, were critically injured and taken to hospital.

Lexington police opened a homicide investigation but have faced major obstacles because so few witnesses from the crowded party have come forward. Investigators have not publicly identified any suspects and no arrests have been announced. Madilyn’s family remembers her as a graduate of Lafayette High School who worked at a local smoothie shop and hoped to start her own business.

If anyone who attended that party or who has information about the shooting can help, please come forward to investigators.