LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Nearly every day last week, someone was shot in Louisville.
In the first six months of 2024, more than 170 shootings have affected families across Louisville. Almost 90 people have died.
“It can really happen to anybody,” Cacy Roberts said. “There’s nobody that’s immune from having something like violence and gun violence happen to them. You can be any place, any time. We were in our bed minding our business.”
In December 2020, Malakai Roberts, who was five years old, was watching a movie with his mother Cacy and brother inside his Lexington home when he was shot in the temple and lost his ability to see.
Shane Richardson was five years old when bullets went through his home.
The children are now old enough to understand the impact the violence has had on their families. They all have different experiences, but one thing in common.
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