Former world champion sprinter Tyson Gay\u2019s 15-year-old daughter has been killed in a shooting in the US state of Kentucky, police say.<\/p>\n
Police in Lexington said Trinity Gay was hit in the neck during an exchange of fire between two vehicles in a restaurant car park.<\/p>\n
She was taken to hospital where she later died, local media reported.<\/p>\n
Mr Gay, who is from Lexington, confirmed her death to local TV station Lex 18.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe didn\u2019t make it. I\u2019m so confused. She was just here last week for fall break. It\u2019s so crazy. I have no idea what happened,\u201d Lex18 quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n
Mr Gay is the US 100m record holder and is the joint second-fastest 100m runner of all time, behind Usain Bolt.<\/p>\n
The US track and field athletics team tweeted its condolences, sending \u201cthoughts and prayers\u201d to Mr Gay and his loved ones \u201cas they mourn the tragic & senseless loss of his daughter, Trinity\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr Gay\u2019s daughter was also an athlete and competed for Lafayette High School, where she was studying.<\/p>\n
\u201cA life of such potential cut so tragically short,\u201d tweeted Julian Tackett, commissioner of the Kentucky High School Athletics Association.<\/p>\n
Other athletes also tweeted their condolences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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