Guy House, the man who shot and killed two people at Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington after shooting a Kentucky State Police trooper at Blue Grass Airport on Sunday, had a lengthy criminal history and faced a recent domestic violence restraining order by an ex-girlfriend.
Family members of the women killed said House, 47, was at the church on Old Richmond Road looking for the mother of his three children, whom the Herald-Leader is not identifying.
Police shot and killed House after his crime spree.
Here’s what we know so far about Guy House:
Guy House’s restraining order
House had a long criminal history of mostly drug crimes. But a recent girlfriend filed for a domestic violence restraining order against him this summer.
The Herald-Leader does not typically identify victims of domestic violence.
House and the woman lived together before she broke things off with him earlier this month, she told the Herald-Leader in an interview Monday.
Court documents say he had begun menacing her in recent months, including threatening to get her fired and continuously keeping track of her location.
When she broke things off with him July 4, he stole her car, driver’s license and several guns, she said.
In the restraining order, the woman wrote that she did not feel safe in her home, and House was armed and dangerous.
The order was approved July 5 by Judge Ross Ewing. House was ordered to remain more than 500 feet away from his ex-girlfriend, and a hearing was scheduled for Monday morning.
Guy House’s history
House was convicted of at least seven previous crimes before Sunday’s spree.
Most recently, House was sentenced by Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Goodman in early 2023 to two years of probation for possession of a firearm, first-degree fleeing/evading police and auto theft, among other charges
House violated his probation, though, testing positive for drugs several times. He was referred for a substance abuse assessment with a social service clinician twice after the failed drug tests, according to court documents.
The assessment led to a referral for an outpatient treatment program at the Addiction Recovery Center. Court documents say House was discharged from the program Nov. 6, 2024, for noncompliance.
House also absconded and failed to report to his probation officer, leading the officer to file a request to have his probation revoked and a warrant be issued for his arrest. Court documents say House was arrested for his probation violation on Dec. 11, 2024.
In a document submitted to the court before his revocation hearing, House’s attorney, Chad Butcher, said House completed drug court, a condition of his probation, in record time and believed he was released from probation.
However, House still had an outstanding balance of restitution and court fees from his previous criminal cases, according to court documents. House admitted to the error and added that experiences outside of drug court led to a relapse and lack of communication with his probation officer.
House enrolled in a program at Recovery Works and contacted Butcher to resolve his probation violations, court documents say. He went on to pay off more than $2,000 of restitution.
In January of this year, he was freed from probation.
In House’s personal life, he had at least three children and was an aspiring rapper with the stage name “HonKyKong.” There is a video on Lex Lanta’s YouTube page featuring House performing one of his tracks, “Struggle Made Me.”
The video has generated more than 18,000 views. House’s Facebook page also has more than 9,000 followers.
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