Three charged in connection with Tyson Gay's daughter's death
Three men have been charged in connection with a shootout which police say left the 15-year-old daughter of US Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay dead.
Trinity Gay died in hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, on Sunday after she was shot in the neck at around 4am local time during an exchange of gunfire between people in two parked vehicles in the car park of a nearby Cook Out restaurant.
Dvonta Middlebrooks fired multiple shots during the incident, Lexington police investigators said.
He was charged with wanton endangerment and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
A father and son were also charged. Chazerae Taylor, 38, and his 19-year-old son D'Markeo both face wanton endangerment counts, police said in an online statement.
Police spokeswoman Brenna Angel said police do not believe Trinity Gay was in either of the vehicles involved.
Tyson Gay said he and his daughter were very close, according to Lexington TV station WLEX.
"It's so crazy. I have no idea what happened," Gay told the station.
The trio charged appeared via video-link before District Court Judge T Bruce Bell on Monday morning, and all three pleaded not guilty.
They will face court on October 25.
