LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – The Woodford County Coroner has recognized a man found hanging upside down on a utility pipe behind a Versailles shopping center as 60-year-old Paul Masters of Nicholasville.
Versailles police mentioned officers had been referred to as to the scene at 7:30 a.m. Monday in response to a report of a man hanging the other way up. Preliminary findings recommend Masters was making an attempt to burglarize the constructing, police mentioned.
Brett Least, owner of Workout Anytime in Versailles, mentioned he arrived Monday morning for a routine begin to the week when he observed first responders behind the constructing.
“I came in just like a regular Monday morning, business as usual, dropped off my kids,” Least mentioned.
Least mentioned he adopted first responders to the rear of the constructing to examine on the scenario.
“They went to the back where the gentleman was and as a concerned business owner I went to the back to see if everything was okay,” he mentioned.
Least mentioned the shopping center is often quiet and that lots of his clients use the 24/7 facility all through in a single day hours, together with native first responders.
“A lot of the first responders here in Versailles are actually members that come in and out throughout the night and we’ve never had a problem here — everybody always feels safe,” Least mentioned. “I try to keep up with every single member.”
Least mentioned he hopes the incident doesn’t deter folks from utilizing the gym and emphasised the safety measures in place on the location.
“I always tell people when they come in here we are obviously 24/7, we’ve got 16 different security cameras and four first responder buttons to the wall,” he mentioned.
Least additionally mentioned he appreciated how first responders dealt with the scene.
“The thing I like about it is they kind of cut it off from the public where no one else could see it — I mean, it’s kind of a traumatic thing to look at,” he mentioned.
WKYT reached out to different companies within the shopping center, however they declined to remark in regards to the ongoing investigation.
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