Men plead innocent in deadly US shooting of Tyson Gay's daughter

Three men say they're innocent in connection to the fatal shooting of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter.

Trinity Gay, a seventh-grader racing for her Scott County High School team, poses for a photo with her father Tyson Gay

Trinity Gay, a seventh-grader racing for her Scott County High School team, poses for a photo with her father Tyson Gay Source: AAP

Three men have pleaded not guilty and face an October 25 court date on charges connected to the shooting death of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter.

The three appeared on Monday via video before Fayette County, Kentucky, District Court Judge T Bruce Bell, who will assign attorneys for them.

Bell set bail at $US5000 ($A6558) each for 38-year-old Chazerae Taylor and his son, 19-year-old D'Markeo Taylor, on wanton endangerment charges.

Twenty-one-year-old Dvonta Middlebrooks, 21, is charged with wanton endangerment and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. His bail was set at $US12,500.

Lexington police say Middlebrooks was in the parking lot of the Cook Out restaurant and fired multiple shots in the incident in which Trinity Gay was killed early on Sunday.

Court records show the Taylors admitted also firing shots.


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