LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- There have been over 100 homicides in Louisville this year. But over a dozen of those were kids, which includes two just this week.
"It's kind of been a hectic few days, a hectic two weeks," said Eddie Woods, the CEO of No More Dots."
It's a nonprofit organization that's working to reduce gun violence by providing skill building programs and resources.
"A lot of it is opportunistic shootings where you might have a long standing beef, even a short standing beef and you get a chance to take a target and you do," Woods said.
Police said a girl was shot to death Thursday night. The investigation began after officers were called to Norton Audubon Hospital around 11:30 p.m.
That's after the victim arrived there.
Police determined the girl was involved in a shooting in the area of Preston Highway and Outer Loop. She later died after arriving at the hospital.
And 15-year-old Timothy Berry died after he was shot in Old Louisville on Wednesday afternoon.
Police said that shooting happened in the area of South 3rd and St. Catherine streets in broad daylight around 3:30 p.m.
He was taken to the hospital where he later died of his injuries.
"Our next job to get the intel is to engage folks in conversations try to make them better choice, choices that don't end up with somebody dying," Woods said.
According to city records, at least 14 kids up to 17 years old have been killed so far this year.
Woods said when shootings happen, he gets alerts from police and his group goes to the crime scenes.
The question continues to be, why is there so much violence in our community?
"A lot of it is spontaneity in some respects a ton of it is driven by social media," Woods said.
"There are multiple causes, we are also looked an enhancing our food insecurity issues, keeping folks fed, so they don't make drastic decisions in that area," Woods said.
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