On a Saturday evening in Lexington, Kentucky, the life of 35-year-old Gregory Williams was tragically cut short. The male, originally from Warren, Michigan, was at the Exotic Cutzz Barbershop on Chinoe Road on November 30, 2024, when the fatal encounter occurred. Surveillance footage from inside the barbershop captured the chilling moments leading up to his death. Williams was seen sleeping near the front of the establishment before a man engaged him in a conversation.
As Williams walked toward the back of the shop, the man he had been speaking with drew a gun and shot him in the back. Williams was rushed to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries but succumbed to his wounds later that evening.
The investigation into the shooting led by the Lexington Police Department quickly identified potential suspects. Through the use of the city's real-time intelligence center and other investigative methods, law enforcement was able to pinpoint three individuals believed to be involved in the homicide. The determined efforts of the police resulted in the apprehension of all three suspects in different states, bringing a significant development to the case and a measure of relief to a community shaken by the violence.
The primary suspect, 20-year-old Jeremiah Mitchell, was arrested in Michigan and faced charges of murder, four counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, and second-degree criminal mischief. A second individual, 24-year-old Alexis Compton, was taken into custody in Lexington and charged with complicity to murder. Authorities stated that she was the driver of the SUV that the shooter used to flee the scene. A third suspect, 22-year-old Yas-Ree Collins, was apprehended in Ohio and also charged with complicity to murder; her vehicle was reportedly present at the barbershop during the incident. Both Mitchell and Collins awaited extradition back to Fayette County to face the charges against them.
