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Family And Friends Gather For The Funeral Of Trinity Gay, Tyson Gay Plans To Mentor And Support The Youth

<p>Last Sunday the tragic news broke that&comma; Trinity Gay&comma; the 15-year old daughter of Olympic Sprinter Tyson Gay&comma; was fatally shot in Lexington&comma; KY&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She suffered a gunshot wound to the neck as she was shot in the parking lot of a Cook Out restaurant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wkyt&period;com&sol;content&sol;news&sol;Hundreds-gather-for-funeral-of-Trinity-Gay-398052681&period;html">WKYT<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; on Saturday hundreds of people gathered for Trinity’s funeral service&comma; where they honored her life and celebrated the many contributions she has made to the lives of others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Her father Tyson Gay said to WKYT&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You&&num;8217&semi;ll never be able to stop all the crime&comma; but I really believe this city is too beautiful to have crime like this&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier in the week he posted a message to his Facebook page where he talked about the effects of his daughters death&comma; and how it has encouraged him to mentor the youth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We must come together as a community to protect each other&comma; giving our young people the tools they need to resolve their conflicts and lead successful lives &&num;8211&semi; the kind that Trinity was well on her way to living&comma;” said Gay&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He continued&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In the coming weeks we will be exploring ways to help mentor and support the youth of Lexington over the long term&comma; so that the spirit of Trinity will sprint on long after we say goodbye to her this weekend&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-23640" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;Screen-Shot-2016-10-23-at-10&period;53&period;19-AM&period;png" alt&equals;"screen-shot-2016-10-23-at-10-53-19-am" width&equals;"889" height&equals;"522" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police are still investigating the shooting&comma; but four men have been charged with the murder of Trinity Gay&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We continue to send our condolences to the Gay family during this difficult time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wkyt&period;com&sol;content&sol;news&sol;Hundreds-gather-for-funeral-of-Trinity-Gay-398052681&period;html">http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wkyt&period;com&sol;content&sol;news&sol;Hundreds-gather-for-funeral-of-Trinity-Gay-398052681&period;html<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; Jade Ashley &commat;Jade&lowbar;Ashley94 on Instagram &amp&semi; Twitter<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"23639" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;olympian-tyson-gay-urges-for-peace-following-his-daughters-death-plans-to-mentor-and-support-the-youth&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0130a0ba11"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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