Trinity Gay,
15, – herself a rising track athlete – was shot in the neck about 4 am (0800
GMT), police said, according to the Lexington Herald Leader.
The teenage
daughter of US Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay was shot dead on Sunday after a
shooting at a restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S local media reported.
She died in
hospital within an hour of being transported. Witnesses said Gay was hit during
an exchange of gunfire between two cars, according to police. Two people in one
of the cars have been detained for questioning. Tyson Gay, who holds the US
record in the 100m, told local television station WLEX, “She didn’t make it.
I’m so confused. She was just here last week for fall break. It’s so crazy.
I have no
idea what happened.” Trinity Gay was a top high school sprinter who dreamed of
competing in the Olympics and becoming a surgeon, according to her mother,
Shoshana Boyd. “She was so innocent. She was so innocent,” Boyd told the New
York Daily News. “I just want people to stop shooting and realize who they’re
hurting. It’s just random.
They don’t understand. They don’t understand who
they’re hurting.” Gay competed in the 2016 Olympics on the 4×100-metre relay
team but didn’t win a medal. He was also a member of the 4×100-metre relay at
the 2012 Olympics but was disqualified due to a positive doping test.
Tour story title needs to be amended as the title is not reflective of the actual news. See story here: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/10/16/americas/olympians-daughter-killed/index.html?client=ms-android-google
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