so sad
A UK student shot and killed himself yesterday at University Commons apartments after law enforcement officers, including U.S. Marshals, arrived to arrest him on two warrants that charged him with stalking and fleeing and evading the police.
Sgt. Edward Hart with Lexington police said officers arrived at the Commons on 845 Red Mile Road around 12:45 p.m. Hart said they were permitted entrance into apartment L345 by the residents who advised police that Larry Everett Morton, a plant and soil science senior, was in the apartment's back bedroom. As police entered the living room, Hart said they heard a gunshot. When they reached the bedroom, officers found Morton, who had suffered a single gunshot wound.
Officials had been searching for Morton for about two days before they received information that the 21-year-old was staying with acquaintances in the apartment, Hart said. Three other individuals, including two residents, were at the apartment at the time of the incident.
Morton was taken to UK Hospital in critical condition, where he later died, Hart said. No one else was injured in the incident and no charges are being filed at this time, he said.
"I'd seen cops and dogs running up the stairs and cops getting shotguns out of cars," said Quantas Simon, a nursing sophomore who lives in the same building, two floors below the apartment where Morton was staying. "I just heard there was a fugitive.
"Anything can happen anywhere; you can't be safe anywhere," he said.
Morton was a Lexington native who ran track for Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School. Morton also had his own lawn care business, which he ran with an associate, Marcus Owens. When reached last night, Owens declined to comment on Morton's death.
"He was always interested in making money and always interested in running his business," said Michael Mays, a civic engineering senior who went to high school with Morton. "His life was all about his business. He wanted to see that business succeed."
Mays said he was surprised when he found out about Morton's death.
"I was in total shock," he said, adding that Morton kept to himself a lot.
Morton's profile on Facebook.com, an online network for college students, was updated yesterday. Next to "Favorite Quote" it says, "Life is to (sic) short, you should enjoy it while it last (sic). To everyone, I wish you all the best, and hope you all succeed. Me I took the stupid way out."
Sgt. Edward Hart with Lexington police said officers arrived at the Commons on 845 Red Mile Road around 12:45 p.m. Hart said they were permitted entrance into apartment L345 by the residents who advised police that Larry Everett Morton, a plant and soil science senior, was in the apartment's back bedroom. As police entered the living room, Hart said they heard a gunshot. When they reached the bedroom, officers found Morton, who had suffered a single gunshot wound.
Officials had been searching for Morton for about two days before they received information that the 21-year-old was staying with acquaintances in the apartment, Hart said. Three other individuals, including two residents, were at the apartment at the time of the incident.
Morton was taken to UK Hospital in critical condition, where he later died, Hart said. No one else was injured in the incident and no charges are being filed at this time, he said.
"I'd seen cops and dogs running up the stairs and cops getting shotguns out of cars," said Quantas Simon, a nursing sophomore who lives in the same building, two floors below the apartment where Morton was staying. "I just heard there was a fugitive.
"Anything can happen anywhere; you can't be safe anywhere," he said.
Morton was a Lexington native who ran track for Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School. Morton also had his own lawn care business, which he ran with an associate, Marcus Owens. When reached last night, Owens declined to comment on Morton's death.
"He was always interested in making money and always interested in running his business," said Michael Mays, a civic engineering senior who went to high school with Morton. "His life was all about his business. He wanted to see that business succeed."
Mays said he was surprised when he found out about Morton's death.
"I was in total shock," he said, adding that Morton kept to himself a lot.
Morton's profile on Facebook.com, an online network for college students, was updated yesterday. Next to "Favorite Quote" it says, "Life is to (sic) short, you should enjoy it while it last (sic). To everyone, I wish you all the best, and hope you all succeed. Me I took the stupid way out."