LOUISVILLE, Ky. — New details have unfolded after a New Albany mother was killed over the weekend.
New Albany Police responded to an apartment on Village Drive on Saturday to find 25-year-old Kaitlynn Lee shot to death.
According to court documents, a witness told police she and Lee were in the apartment’s kitchen making a TikTok video when they heard banging on the window.
The witness told detectives Lee went over, and she heard her say “what are you doing here?” She stated before Lee could finish the sentence, that’s when a man she noticed – later identified as 25-year-old Joshua Thompson – aiming a gun at the window and fired two to three shots, striking Lee.
Investigators said they reviewed the video, which showed Lee and the witness “laughing, dancing and lip-synching” to a song leading up to the deadly moment. They said Lee’s body fell out of view and smoke was “hanging in the room” before the video shut off.
The witness told police Lee and Thompson had “a toxic relationship” and that in the past Lee told her, “If she was ever found dead, Joshua killed her.”
“We take domestic violence allegations seriously. And we’re taking them seriously in this case," said Floyd County Prosecutor Chris Lane. “Unfortunately this is not unusual for these allegations and circumstances, relationships can lead to tragic results and unfortunately the allegations are that’s what happened."
Documents state Thompson fled from the scene but called his brother around 5 a.m. Saturday “crying and distraught, telling him he shot the mother of his child in the head and killed her."
His brother advised him to call police and describe what happened. Thompson asked his brother to go with him to the police station to speak with investigators.
Thompson admitted driving to the witness’ apartment despite Lee having a no-contact order against him which is still active, according to police.
He shared with investigators he wanted to see if there were any other men in the apartment with Lee and was in the area about 20 to 30 minutes before walking to the back window and looking inside.
Thompson said he spotted Lee by looking through a gap in the blinds at the bottom of the kitchen window and seeing both women dancing. He confessed to knocking on the window with the barrel of his gun, causing it to break and shooting Lee.
“Even if they don’t sound ominous, every threat should be taken seriously," said Tammy Taylor with the Center for Women and Families, which provides legal advocacy, safety planning, and the Mobile Advocacy Program, which meets survivors where they are.
“Sometimes a survivor may not feel comfortable or they may feel they can come to us safely, they may feel they can’t place a phone call. But they can say, ‘I’m going to the grocery store.’ We can meet them at the grocery store, we can meet them at the park, we can meet them at the coffee shop, we can even go to their place of employment and meet with them," Taylor said.
Thompson’s gun was found on the ground outside of the window with a single spent shell casing.
He has been charged with murder and currently behind bars at the Floyd County Jail.
Family members of Lee have set up a GoFundMe to help her children along with funeral and burial expenses.
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