# Police charge 4 in three shootings over weekend **Published:** 2026-07-31T14:47:13.000Z **Source:** [LFUCG General News](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/shooting-investigations-arrests) **AI-generated:** yes (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) **Canonical:** https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/police-charge-4-in-three-shootings-over-weekend LEXINGTON, Ky. — Four individuals have been charged in connection with three separate shootings that occurred across Lexington over the course of three days, according to [a statement from the Lexington Police Department](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/shooting-investigations-arrests). The incidents were part of an unprecedented surge that saw [six unrelated shootings occur over four days](https://www.wkyt.com/2026/07/27/city-leaders-respond-after-six-unrelated-shootings-four-days-rattle-lexington/), with [no deaths confirmed](https://fox56news.com/news/local/lexington/lexington-officials-6-weekend-shootings-unusual-crime-still-trending-down/) but multiple victims requiring hospitalization. On July 25 around 2:40 p.m., police responded to a report of a victim with a gunshot wound in the 3500 block of Pimlico Parkway. The victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Tuyisenge Jackson, 28, was charged with second-degree assault in connection with the incident. Early on July 26 at approximately 2:11 a.m., officers responded to a shooting at the 1900 block of Oxford Circle where a victim sustained life-threatening injuries. Tamara Ortiz, 48, was charged with first-degree assault. On July 27 at approximately 2:44 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 700 block of Newtown Court for a report of shots fired. Two female victims with non-life-threatening injuries later arrived at a local hospital. Jean Ulysse, 23, was charged with two counts of first-degree assault, and Jaleisha Brown, 20, was charged with terroristic threatening in the third degree. [City leaders have called the string of shootings unacceptable](https://wkyt.com/2026/07/27/city-leaders-respond-after-six-unrelated-shootings-four-days-rattle-lexington/), though officials have emphasized that overall crime trends in Lexington continue to move in a positive direction. [Through late July, the city had recorded 28 shooting victims in 2026 — fewer than at the same point in any of the previous four years](https://lexingtonky.news/2026/07/28/one-lexington-carama-breaks-silence-shooting-spike/), and the city maintains its streak without a homicide past 170 days. ## Sources - [LFUCG General News](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/shooting-investigations-arrests) - [WKYT — City leaders respond after six unrelated shootings in four days rattle Lexington](https://www.wkyt.com/2026/07/27/city-leaders-respond-after-six-unrelated-shootings-four-days-rattle-lexington/) - [Fox 56 — Lexington officials: 6 weekend shootings unusual, crime still trending down](https://fox56news.com/news/local/lexington/lexington-officials-6-weekend-shootings-unusual-crime-still-trending-down/) - [The Lexington Times — 'Stay vigilant, but we cannot panic': ONE Lexington director breaks silence after city's most violent stretch of shootings in years](https://lexingtonky.news/2026/07/28/one-lexington-carama-breaks-silence-shooting-spike/) --- This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from LFUCG General News, enriched with 2 web searches. The original source is available at https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/shooting-investigations-arrests.