On July 6, 2024, a man opened fire at a birthday party in Florence, Kentucky, killing four people and wounding three others.
[1][2] Chase Garvey, who was not an attendee at the party, arrived at the home and stalked outside for nearly an hour before he opened fire with a firearm, killing four and wounding three.
[3] As the shooting unfolded, the Florence Police Department received calls of an active shooter at the home and responded to the scene.
Other officers coming into the neighborhood spotted him as he fled near Farmview Drive and Old U.S. 42, and they attempted to pull him over, resulting in a car chase.
[2][7] Delaney Eary, 19, of Burlington, Hayden Rybicki, 20, of Elsmere, and Shane Miller, 20, of Florence, were also killed.
Garvey met the victim in a Fort Mitchell apartment complex parking lot and admitted to raping her in his car.
[11] Garvey was released on home incarceration and had a bond of US$25,000 posted for him, had his charges reduced to unlawful transaction with a minor and five years of probation, and was ordered to participate in psychological counseling.
[12] Garvey was arrested in spring 2023 after a police officer caught him doing doughnuts in the parking lot of a Dave & Buster's in Kenton County with a 13-year-old boy in the passenger seat.
[17][18] Kentucky State Senator John Schickel condemned the attack and decried Garvey being allowed out on probation ahead of the attack and asked how he had once violated his probation yet still managed to obtain a firearm and commit the shooting, saying, "We are not holding people accountable for their actions".