Baby-faced ‘killer,’ 21, shoots his ex-girlfriend and three others dead at 21st birthday pool party before committing suicide

The man responsible for killing four people at a Kentucky pool party has been identified as a 21-year-old sex offender who killed his ex-girlfriend and then turned the gun on himself.

Kentucky police were called to the 2600 block of Ridgecrest Drive in Florence just before 3 a.m. on the early hours of Saturday.

Upon arrival, police found four dead and three other seriously injured victims who had been taken to the intensive care unit of a nearby hospital.

The shooting suspect, Chase Garvey, 21, fled in his own vehicle before crashing. Officers found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The four people Garvey is alleged to have killed have now been identified: Melissa Parrett, 44, Delaney Eary, 19, Shane Miller, 20, and Hayden Rybicki, 20.

Sources said Channel3 NOW that Eary was Garvey’s ex-girlfriend.

Sources told Channel3 NOW that Delaney Eary, seen here, was Garvey’s former girlfriend

The four people Garvey is accused of killing have now been identified. Melissa Parrett, right, and Hayden Rybicki, left, are seen here

The house where the party was held belonged to the Parrett family, who were celebrating their birthday with a pool party.

At a press conference Saturday afternoon, Florence Police Chief Jeff Mallery said Garvey was not invited to the party but showed up anyway.

Mallery added that he was known to the partygoers and that their initial investigation had indicated that Garvey acted alone.

Photos on his social media show him holding a sniper rifle, a handgun and a shotgun.

Garvey was known to police before Saturday’s shooting. In 2021, he was arrested and charged with raping a 13-year-old girl.

In April of last year, he was sentenced to five years’ probation after pleading guilty to second-degree criminal transaction with a minor.

According to a report drawn up at the time by Fox19The victim told police she had been messaging Garvey on Snapchat for weeks before the incident.

Garvey was known to police before Saturday’s shooting. He was arrested and charged in 2021 with raping a 13-year-old girl.

Images on his social media show him holding a sniper rifle, a handgun and a shotgun

The house where the party was held belonged to the Parrett family, who were celebrating a birthday with a pool party

Upon arrival, police found four dead and three other seriously injured victims who were taken to the intensive care unit of UC Hospital.

The report states that the girl told Garvey she was 13 and that they met at an apartment complex, in his car.

The girl told police she told Garvey she “didn’t want to do anything sexual” when Garvey held her hands and raped her.

Garvey, then 18, admitted during a police interview to having sex with the girl and said the girl had previously given him oral sex.

Florence police said the investigation into Saturday’s mass shooting is ongoing.

Mallery continued, “We’ve never had to deal with this before. I know it happens all over the country, but this is the first time we’ve had a mass shooting in Florence.

“It’s very emotional. And my emotions are for the victims, their families, the officers who responded to the scene and everyone who was affected by this situation.”