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A person was shot and killed inside a store on Tuesday in the Parkland neighborhood, according to Louisville Metro Police.

There are 13 Louisville Metro Council seats at stake this year in a primary that could be the last of its kind.

"It starts with prevention. We can always count numbers after someone's been shot or shot and killed, but what are we doing to prevent those things from happening."

For years, Demetrius McDowell made a name for himself as a gang member on the streets of Louisville. He earned his reputation the old fashioned way: in gangs, trafficking drugs

McDowell said hes received over $600,000 from the state to grow his organization.

A family has now been served justice after Atlanta Police announced the arrest of a man they said killed a 19-year-old recent father.

An investigation into a shooting death is unfolding in southeast Atlanta early Thursday morning, according to authorities.

As local, non-police programs intended to reduce violent crime receive millions in funding, the violence intervention workers leading them must prove their worth.

Demetrius McDowell founded Bosses Not Bangers, a grassroots nonprofit, as a way to encourage disenfranchised youth to become entrepreneurs.

Data from Louisville Metro Police Department shows 92 homicides and 229 nonfatal shootings in the Metro so far this year