Tyrece Clark, a 40-year-old Black man, was shot and killed at the Day’s Motel on Versailles Road in Lexington, Kentucky, on the evening of July 23, 2017. Police were called around 9:18 p.m. and found Clark with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital and died shortly after 11 p.m. that night.

Investigators concluded the shooting arose from an attempted robbery. Police say 18-year-old Jemel Barber went to the motel intending to rob Clark of drugs and money; Barber, armed with a rifle, knocked on the motel room door and a shootout ensued. Witnesses reported three males fleeing in a black pickup truck. Barber was arrested and charged with murder and first-degree robbery; 23-year-old Durease Richards was charged with facilitation to commit murder and identified as the getaway driver. A third suspect was sought.

Barber later pleaded guilty to reduced charges of manslaughter and second-degree robbery and received a 20-year sentence. Anyone with information about that night or the people seen leaving in the pickup is asked to come forward.