The man responsible for murdering four people at a Kentucky pool party has been identified as a 21-year-old sex offender who killed his ex-girlfriend before turning the gun on himself.
Kentucky police were called to the 2600 block of Ridgecrest Drive in Florence, shortly before 3 a.m., in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Upon arrival, police found four people dead and three other victims seriously injured who were taken to the intensive care unit of a nearby hospital.
Shooting suspect Chase Garvey, 21, fled the scene in his own vehicle before crashing, and officers found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The four people Garvey is accused of murdering have since been identified as Melissa Parrett, 44, Delaney Eary, 19, Shane Miller, 20, and Hayden Rybicki, 20.
Sources said Channel3 NOW that Eary had been Garvey’s ex-girlfriend.
Shooting suspect Chase Garvey, seen here, fled the scene in his own vehicle before crashing and was found dead after taking his own life.
Sources told Channel3 NOW that Delaney Eary, seen here, had been Garvey’s ex-girlfriend.
The four people Garvey is accused of murdering have now been identified. Melissa Parrett, right, and Hayden Rybicki, left, are pictured here
The house where the party was held had belonged to the Parrett family, who were celebrating a birthday with a pool party.
During a news conference Saturday afternoon, Florence Police Chief Jeff Mallery said Garvey had not been invited to the party but had shown up.
Mallery added that he was known to partygoers and that his initial investigation had revealed that Garvey had been acting alone.
Images on his social media show him holding a sniper rifle, a pistol and a shotgun.
Garvey was known to police before Saturday’s shooting, having been arrested and charged in 2021 with the rape of a 13-year-old girl.
In April of last year, he was sentenced to five years’ probation after pleading guilty to second-degree unlawful transaction with a minor.
According to a report from the time of Fox19The victim told police she had been messaging Garvey on Snapchat weeks before the incident.
Garvey was known to police before Saturday’s shooting, having been arrested and charged in 2021 with the rape of a 13-year-old girl.
Images on his social media show him holding a sniper rifle, a pistol and a shotgun.
The house where the party was held had belonged to the Parrett family, who were celebrating a birthday with a pool party.
Upon arrival, police found four people dead and three other victims seriously injured who were transferred to the ICU at UC Hospital.
The report says the girl had told Garvey she was 13 and that they met at an apartment complex inside his vehicle.
The girl told police she told Garvey she “didn’t want to do anything sexual” when Garvey grabbed her hands and raped her.
Garvey, then 18, admitted in a police interview to having sexual relations with the girl and said the girl had previously performed oral sex on him.
Florence police have said the investigation into Saturday’s mass shooting is still under investigation.
Mallery continued: “We’ve never faced anything like this before. I know it’s happening all over the country, but this is the first time a mass shooting has happened in Florence.
“It’s very emotional. My emotions are with the victims, their families, the responding officers and everyone who has been affected by this situation.”