https://www.fox19.com/2024/07/06/4-victims-killed-suspect-identified-nky-mass-shooting/The four people and the suspect in the deadly early Saturday mass shooting have been identified.
An emotional Florence Police Chief Jeff Mallery released their names during a 1 p.m. press conference.
The victims:
Delaney Eary, 19 years old
Hayden Rybicki, 20 years old
Melissa Parrett, 44 years old
Shane Miller, 20 years old
The suspect, who later died at St. Elizabeth from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, is 21-year-old Chase Garvey, Chief Mallery announced.
The shooting happened during a birthday for Parrett’s 21-year-old child at her home on Ridgecrest Drive in Florence, according to the chief.
Garvey was not invited to the party, but did know those celebrating, Chief Mallery explained.
The 21-year-old shot seven people, four of whom died at the scene. The three surviving victims are expected to be okay.
Shortly before 3 a.m., officers arrived at the home after receiving multiple calls about an “active shooter,” the chief said Saturday.
Gunshots could be heard as the officers arrived at the Ridgecrest Drive home, Chief Mallery stated.
Those officers saw multiple victims, including two in the front yard, he said.
”We train on this, hoping it would never happen, but unfortunately, we’ve been touched like so many departments and cities,” Chief Mallery said of the officers who went to the Ridgecrest Drive home.
By that point, Garvey had left the mass shooting scene, according to the police chief.
Because Garvey was known to those at the birthday party, the chief said officers were given a description of his vehicle.
Officers “quickly” found his vehicle near Farmview Drive and US-42, according to an earlier press release from police.
Garvey did not stop, prompting a Florence officer and Boone County Sheriff’s Office deputy to pursue.
The 21-year-old, who the chief said had just shot seven people, is thought to have shot himself while he drove.
