Three arrested in shooting death of Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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Three men were arrested and charged in connection with the shooting death of Trinity Gay, the daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay.

Gay, 15, died Sunday after a shooting at a Kentucky restaurant.

Police in Lexington, Ky., responded to a report of shots fired at a restaurant around 4 a.m. Sunday, according to WKYT. Gay was shot in the neck and was pronounced dead at 4:41 a.m.

Authorities said in a statement that Chazerae Taylor, 38, and his son D’Markeo, 19, both face wanton endangerment counts, and Dvonta Middlebrooks, who fired multiple shots during the incident, is charged with wanton endangerment and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

According to witnesses, two cars exchanged gunfire, and police detained two suspects shortly after the shooting.

Gay was not a passenger in either car, police said. Police recovered a second vehicle that witnesses say left the scene of the shooting.

Gay was on the track team at Lafayette High School in Lexington, the same school her father attended.

Several of Tyson Gay’s teammates offered their condolences on social media.

Tyson Gay, 34, competed in his third Olympics this summer in Rio.

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