Community leaders calling on the public to help battle violent crime in the Highlands Share Updated: 5:39 PM EDT Jul 5, 2021 Share Updated: 5:39 PM EDT Jul 5, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. SUNDAY’S DEADLY SHOOTING HEER AT HIGHLAND NEW BAXTER AVENUE’S HAPPENED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WHEN MANY OF THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS HERE ARE STILL PAEDCK WITH PEOPLE. IT’S JUST THE LATEST IN AN INCREASE IN VIOLENCE HEER IN THE HIGHLANDS SINCE CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED AND THE CROWDS RETURNED THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND WAS INTERRUPTED BY GUNFIRE AROUND 2 O’CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING WHEN A MAN WASHOT S AND KILLED NEAR THIS BUSY INTERSECTION IN THE HIGHLANDS. IT’S NOT JUST THE HIGHLANDS. IT’S ADAPTING. QUADRANT OF ISTH COMMUNITY THERE HAVE BEEN ACTS OF VIOLENCE BUT THE ACTS OF VIOLENCE ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT JUST LAST MONTH A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED NEAR NOWHERE BAR ON BARDSTOWN ROAD. THE PUBLIC SPACE IS WHERE A LOT OF THIS ACTIVITIES OCCURRING IT’S NOT INSIDE THE BUSINESS. IT’S ON THE SIDEWALKS AND THAT’S THE GRAY ZONE THAT WE’RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW BAR MANAGERS ALGON BAXTER AVENUE. TELL WLKY, THEY’VE HAD MEENGTIS WITH LMPD TO DISCUSS WAYS TO BOLSTER SECURITY AROUND THEIR BUSINESSES. AND COUNCILWOMAN CASSIE CHAMBERS ARMSTRONG IS PLANNING A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AT THE END OF THE MONTH BETWEEN LMPD THE OFFICE OF SAFE AND HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS AREA RESIDENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ARMSTRONG RELEASED THIS STATEMENT SAYING IN PART PUBLIC SAFETYS I A MULTIFACETED AND COMPLEX ISSUE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TOEE KP OUR ENTITY SAFE FROM GUN VIOLENCE HIGHLANDS COMMERCE GUILD PRESIDENT. ERIN. GOVAN SAYS THE HIGHLANDS WENT THROUGH SIMILAR TROUBLES IN THE 70S AND IT TOOK COMMUNI BTYUY-IN THEN TO MAKE IT WHAT IT IS TODAY. HE SAYS THAT WILL BE NECESSARY AGAIN IF YOU’RE GOING TO COME TOU HAVE A GOOD TIME UNDERSTAND. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY TAKE A MOMENT, THAT WAS THE CASE WHEN POLICE SAY GOOD SAMARITANS HELP TAKE DOWN AAN M ARMED WITH AN AUTOMATIC AR PISTOL OUTSIDE O’SHEA’S LAST MONTH. WHENN A INDIVIDUAL TAKES A LITTLE RESPONSIBILITY, IT’S AMAZING. HOWHA WT HAPPENS THE CRIME RATES DO DROP DOWN AND YOU DO GET MORE