Man who killed 2 at Kentucky church, shot trooper, had upcoming domestic violence hearing

Valarie Honeycutt Spears, Lexington Herald-Leader on Jul 14, 2025

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The man who killed two people at a Lexington church Sunday after shooting and injuring a Kentucky State Police trooper at Blue Grass Airport had a domestic violence hearing scheduled Monday morning.

Guy House, 47, had a long criminal history, including for auto theft. He tested positive for methamphetamine last year in a court-ordered drug test that was part of his probation.

He was released from probation in January, court records show.

House went on a crime spree Sunday that ended with three people injured and three dead, including himself. He shot and injured a state trooper who tried to pull him over outside Blue Grass Airport around 11:30 a.m., carjacked a vehicle in another part of town, then went to Richmond Road Baptist Church looking for the mother of his children.

The woman wasn’t there, and House instead shot and killed her mother and sister and shot and injured two other people.

Police shot and killed House at the church.

The women who died were Beverly Gumm, 72, and Christina Combs, 32. Gumm’s husband and the longtime pastor of the church, Jerry Gumm, and Combs’ husband, Randy Combs, were wounded.

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