One of the victims was the wife of the church pastor. He is in the ICU in critical condition. Their daughter was also killed. Police shot and killed the suspect.

Concerns about the security of church services have risen in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Lexington church. One security expert says active shootings in churches have gone up across the nation in the past ten years,

In the aftermath of Sunday’s tragic shooting, classmates and instructors are honoring the life of 34-year-old Christina Combs, who was set to graduate this December as a nursing student from BCTC.

The idea that you’d be at church on a Sunday and be subjected to violence is antithetical to what our country is," Gov. Andy Beshear said.

The assailant was fatally shot by police at a Lexington church, but not before shooting five people and killing two.

Before fleeing to the church, House allegedly shot a Kentucky State Police trooper at about 11.35 a.m. on Sunday after being pulled over near Terminal Drive near Blue Grass Airport. The trooper sustained non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Lexington Police Department.