Two people were killed and three others were injured, including a state trooper, in a series of shootings in Kentucky on July 13, authorities said.

The incident occurred at about 11:36 a.m. ET in Lexington, Kentucky, when local police responded to a report of a shooting involving a Kentucky State Police trooper on Terminal Drive. The road runs past Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County.

The state trooper had pulled over a vehicle on the road after receiving a license plate reader alert in the area, Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers said at a news conference. The suspect shot the trooper, fled the scene, and later carjacked a vehicle.