Guy Estill House, Lexington, Kentucky man shot and killed a mother and daughter duo at Richmond Road Baptist Church who he accused of preventing him seeing his handicapped teen daughter. The two women were identified as Beverly Gumm and Christina Combs along with two surviving males, Pastor Jerry Gumm and Randy Combs.
A Lexington, Kentucky gunman who shot fwo female church goers on Sunday along with injuring two other male church members did so following a long standing dispute about him not being allowed to see his handicapped teen daughter.
Guy Estill House, according to those who identified him on social media (authorities have yet to publicly confirm details) was stopped by a Kentucky State Trooper at the Blue Grass Airport just on 11.30 a.m, Sunday morning on an outstanding warrant after his vehicle activated a license plate reader.
Guy E. House guns down mother and daughter duo
The alleged suspect shot the trooper, before then carjacking a vehicle and making his way towards Richmond Road Baptist Church according to Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weather.
‘The trooper was shot and the suspect fled,’ Weathers said. ‘The trooper was stabilized and being treated.’
Upon having arrived at the church some 16 miles away, Guy E. House proceeded to target individuals who he blamed for preventing him access to his daughter.
Shot and killed were mother and daughter, Beverly Gumm, 72, and Christina Combs, 32. Also shot was Pastor Jerry Gumm, who remained in critical condition. A fourth person shot was Christina’s husband, Randy Combs.
Responding officers shot House dead in turn. Jerry Gumm has been the pastor at Richmond Road Baptist Church for 49 years according to Kentucky Today.
Lexington, Kentucky gunman made chilling threat before gunfire erupting
While not much has been revealed about the victims officially, social media posts suggested that Gumm and Combs were a mother-daughter duo. Rachael Barnes wrote on Facebook that Gumm was her mother and Combs her younger sister.
Sharing a news article about their deaths, Barnes wrote, ‘My mom Beverly Gumm and my Lil sister Christina Combs i love you guys so much i cant belive this is real”.
Beverly Gumm was revealed to be a mother of eight, with one of her daughters, the mother of Guy House’s three children according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.
After having burst into the basement looking for the mother of his 3 kids, House confronted Beverly Gumm and her other daughter, Star Rutherford, with the gunman demanding to know where the mother of his kids was.
After having been told she wasn’t there, House announced, ‘Well someone is gonna have to die then’ before opening fire, fatally striking the 72 year old matriarch before going outside and fatally shooting Christina Combs, 32 along with shooting the two surviving males. It remained unclear if Christina was the mother of House’s three kids.
Kentucky church shooting was not ideologically inspired
Perhaps alluding to what may have led to Sunday’s shooting, is a July 12, 2024 post House shared on Facebook with his handicapped daughter, ‘This lil young lady is my heart and soul, and she ain’t letting go of my spirit for nothing or nobody under God. She’ll be 18 in October and that’s utterly amazing. Her mother is to credit for her progress and milestones and daily care, and I’d Rambo…’
Of note, Guy House according to WHAS11 had a history of mental health, drug, and anger issues. He allegedly had a domestic situation with an ex-girlfriend, who then filed protection orders against him. Prior to Sunday’s shooting, he had been wanted by local law enforcement.
Corroborating claims that Sunday’s bloodshed wasn’t ideologically inspired as some had wondered after making note of House seemingly being a recent convert to Islam, dedicated to ‘Free Palestine,’ was a post shared online by someone alleging to have known House ‘all their life.’
Posted the commentator on X, ‘GUY E HOUSE WAS NOT A HAMAS SUPPORTER I KNOW HIM PERSONALLY!! Known him my whole life his baby mother wouldn’t allow him to see their daughter, he shot her mother and her cousin, he thought she would be there, what he did was wrong but all yo saying he’s a terrorist are wrong!!’
MAGA’s spreading false info. Clowns. Uneducated and too ignorant to do any research. Guy E House most likely killed over a custody dispute . Not a Radical left Pro Palestine or even close to it. #GuyHouse https://t.co/8aX1yjpa5D pic.twitter.com/0wzwHseFfV
— Jane M D (@jmdmalin) July 14, 2025
Meanwhile, a fundraiser has been set up to support Gumm’s family to arrange a funeral.
