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Louisville Crime Spree Suspect Indicted in Jeffersontown Killing of Airrice Clayton

The new linkage expands charges already pending from a December crime spree.

Overview

  • Police charged Winthrop Taylor with murder in the Oct. 22, 2025 killing of Airrice Clayton inside an Arbor Pointe Drive apartment in Jeffersontown.
  • Investigators added a wanton endangerment count for allegedly firing multiple rounds into the same apartment complex on Dec. 19.
  • Taylor had been arrested after an hours-long Dec. 18 spree involving two carjackings, a shooting and an exchange of gunfire with police that injured one person.
  • December case counts include attempted murder, robbery, two counts of attempted murder of a police officer, unlawful imprisonment and fleeing police.
  • Additional indictments cite an alleged November handgun assault and October vehicle offenses, and Taylor remains in custody as both cases proceed in Jefferson County court.