Good Samaritans Save Trooper’s Life After Airport Shooting

On July 13, 2025, a Kentucky State Police trooper pulled over a vehicle on Terminal Drive near Blue Grass Airport. During the traffic stop, one of the occupants, later identified as 47-year-old Guy House of Lexington, suddenly pulled out a gun and shot the trooper in the leg. The injured trooper was identified as Trooper Jude Remilien, a three-year veteran of the agency. After the shooting, House fled the scene, leaving behind the driver of the truck. Three good Samaritans ran to the injured trooper’s side, used belts as makeshift tourniquets, gave Remilien water, and kept pressure on his wound.

The driver also ran to help Remilien and was not charged in connection with the shooting. Minutes later, Blue Grass Airport Police Department Officer Adam Arnold arrived and applied a tourniquet. On the video, paramedics are seen arriving soon after.While escaping, House carjacked another vehicle from a civilian and continued driving through Fayette County. Police quickly began searching for the stolen vehicle and eventually located it near the Richmond Road Baptist Church on Old Richmond Road.

Around 12:30 p.m., Lexington Police officers found House in the church’s parking lot. When they arrived, they discovered multiple victims who had already been shot by House. Officers confronted him, and when he refused to comply, three officers—Sergeant Ross Collins, Officer Kyle Blankenship, and Officer Simon Rankin—opened fire, killing him at the scene. Two of the church shooting victims, Christina Combs, 34, and Beverly Gumm, 72, died from their injuries, while two others were rushed to the hospital in critical condition. Trooper Remilien survived and remains in stable condition.

Jimmy and Jessica Alexander, their daughter Taylor Hall, and Airport Officer Adam Arnold were honored at the State Police Training Academy with the Meritorious Achievement Award, the highest honor the Kentucky State Police can give a civilian. This award had not been presented in years. Trooper Remilien continues to recover from the incident but was walking on his own power on Thursday, October 23, 2025.