On Sunday, three men were charged in connection with the shooting death of Olympian sprinter Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter, Trinity, the Washington Post reports.
Trinity was shot in the neck early Sunday morning outside the Cook Out restaurant in Lexington, Ky.
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Chazerae M. Taylor, 38; his 19-year-old son, D’markeo C. Taylor; and Dvonta Middlebrooks were all charged with wanton endangerment. Middlebrooks was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
According to the Post, several shots were fired in the parking lot of the restaurant around 4 a.m. Trinity was pronounced dead at 4:41 a.m.
Her mother, Shoshana Boyd, said that Trinity was a very innocent girl. "I just want people to stop shooting and realize who they’re hurting," she said. "It’s just random. They don’t understand. They don’t understand who they’re hurting."
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Trinity was one of the top sprinters among Kentucky high schoolers and, according to her grandmother, had hopes of being a plastic surgeon.
"I'm so confused," said her father. "She was just here last week for fall break. It’s so crazy. I have no idea what happened."
Read more at the Washington Post.
