Candlelight Vigil Held For Matthew Vanderpool
Channel: Kentucky Equality Federation
Date: 28/01/2023

Friends and gathered in front of the courthouse in Lexington to mourn the death of an up-and-coming politician. #matthewvanderpool #jordanpalmer #jordanpalmerky 

Matthew Vanderpool took his own life inside a north Lexington garage Tuesday evening.

Police say they responded to a home on Wheatcroft Court around 9:45 p.m. to check on a person inside the home. When officers arrived, they heard a gunshot. Police evacuated residents nearby as a precaution, and an emergency response unit later entered the home.

The coroner says Vanderpool, 24, was found with a fatal, apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in a car in the home's garage.

OTHER MATTHEW VANDERPOOL TRIBUTE VIDEOS:
1. http://youtu.be/6owmUZxtmq0
2. http://youtu.be/HvZBmBB7av4

*** If you know someone considering suicide, please contact a mental health professional or Dial 911. Call Kentucky Equality Federation at (877) KEF-5775 - Ext. 5 for references (for Kentuckians), or call the national LGBTI Trevor Project at (866) 4-U-TREVOR (national). ***

In loving memory of Mr. Matthew Vanderpool, the first openly gay man to run for the Kentucky House of Representatives but committed suicide in July 2011.  Matthew Vanderpool was a volunteer with Kentucky Equality Federation, the American Red Cross, and other non-profits.  

Video Courtesy of Lex18.com to Kentucky Equality Federation.