'Present a different path' | New GVI director working to keep Louisvillians from a life of crime
Louisville has seen 87 murders so far in 2023. Nearly a third of the city's shooting come from gangs and group violence.
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Louisville has seen 87 murders so far in 2023. Nearly a third of the city's shooting come from gangs and group violence.
Group violence intervention, or GVI, is a strategic approach to reducing gun violence implemented in Louisville three years ago.
Last month, 31-year-old UC, Berkeley Ph.D. student Gabriel Trujillo was killed in rural Sonora while carrying out field research on a common flowering shrub called buttonbush. His murder is a reminder of the dangers researchers sometimes take to understand and conserve plants and animals in this region and around the world.
Mayor Craig Greenberg announced Friday the hiring of Michael Bogan as the director of the Office of Group Violence Intervention.
The wall of shipping containers will prevent passage for dozens of species—including endangered jaguars. “These animals need to be able to move to survive.”