Lexington police detectives are continuing to investigate a recent homicide that involves five suspects, one of which is still on the loose.
The suspects allegedly participated in an August overnight crime spree in Lexington that left one man dead and a woman wounded. The crimes led to charges against three young men, with a juvenile also involved police still searching for a fifth suspect.
Here’s where the investigation stands:
- A fifth suspect in the Aug. 29 fatal shooting of Kevin David Villanueva Gutierrez on Cross Keys Road remains at-large and unidentified, a Lexington detective testified at a preliminary hearing Monday.
- Villanueva Gutierrez, 26, was one of two men killed in a weekend of Lexington shootings; the other victim was identified as Rashi Washington, 32, of Lexington, who was found with a gunshot wound on Redding Road.
- Traisan Fields, 18, was the first suspect arrested, booked Sept. 30 on a murder charge and 10 other counts including arson, robbery and receiving stolen property.
- A warrant alleges Fields and two accomplices under 21 stole three cars by breaking out driver’s-side windows, then shot a woman in the hip on Ohio Street before driving to Cross Keys Road.
- The suspects allegedly spotted a “unique handgun” on Villanueva Gutierrez and opened fire; a juvenile with the group was grazed in the head by a bullet and suffered a fractured skull and brain swelling, court documents say.
- Nolan Baker, 18, was arrested Oct. 1 and is being held on a $1 million bond on the murder charge and a $10,000 bond on the arson charge, facing the same 13 counts as Fields.
- Malachi Haynes, 20, became the third suspect arrested on Oct. 9 and also faces a separate 2025 shooting case at Georgetown Road and Citation Boulevard.
- Investigators recovered one gun on Fields and two more at Baker’s house; two 9 mm shell casings from Cross Keys Road and one from the Ohio Street scene were fired from the same gun, a detective testified.
- The stolen getaway car was found engulfed in flames at Tates Creek Golf Course, with surveillance video capturing suspects changing clothes and entering Falcon Crest Apartments on Centre Parkway afterward.
- Anyone with information can call Lexington police at 859-258-3600 or submit an anonymous tip to Bluegrass Crime Stoppers at 859-253-2020.
The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.
Source: www.kentucky.com
