A violent encounter outside the Motel 6 on Newtown Court in Lexington ended in the death of 40-year-old James Adroiunt White on June 23, 2020. Police found White with a gunshot wound to his thigh at about 9:20 a.m.; officers who happened to be nearby applied a tourniquet and he was taken to the University of Kentucky Hospital, where he died a little over an hour later. His death was ruled a homicide.

Witnesses described a man with a handgun attempting to rob White of cash as White was getting out of an SUV. Investigators identified Dontate Lamont Burruss as the person who shot White and who fled in the vehicle; a woman named Darica Lynem was identified as a person of interest believed to have been in the SUV. Burruss was arrested on July 28, 2020, and charged with murder and first-degree robbery.

If anyone saw the events around the Motel 6 on June 23, 2020, or has information about the people involved, please come forward.