WKYT
June 24, 2014
Police are still searching for a man involved in a shooting Friday night that left a Marine dead and his wife injured.
Friends say 26-year-old Jonathan Price and his wife were out celebrating his wife’s birthday at Austin City Saloon on Woodhill Drive in Lexington on Friday, but the celebrations took a tragic turn as the couple walked through the parking lot back to their car.
Lexington Police say around 1:30 a.m. the two were approached by a gunman who asked them for money and then friends say the unthinkable happened.
“They had guns to their heads, shots rang out. Then he went to try and protect her and he was shot in the back,” said family friend Pam Newton.
Jonathan died a short time later at UK hospital where we’re told his wife is recovering from non life-threatening injuries.
The couple, who was from Versailles, was getting ready to celebrate their one year wedding anniversary.
“We were at his wedding last August and amazed at how crazy in love he was with his new bride. So excited about his new life together with her,” said family friend Roger Newton.
As they come to terms with this unthinkable tragedy, loved ones now want to know who is behind this random and senseless act of violence that took away a son, a husband and a best friend to many.