LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- While many people were celebrating during Derby weekend, violence was unfolding in Louisville, with five people killed and four others injured between Saturday and Monday. 

Timeline of Derby Weekend Violence

A triple shooting early Saturday morning near the Kroger at 28th Street and Broadway in west Louisville left two people dead and another hospitalized. LMPD investigators are still searching for suspects. 

On Saturday night a man was found stabbed to death in the Shawnee neighborhood. Police have identified a person of interest, but no charges have been filed. 

A few hours later, on Sunday morning, a double shooting on University Blvd. near UofL's campus left one person dead and another injured. At the time, LMPD said all parties were accounted for.

On Sunday, a man was gunned down in the Algonquin neighborhood in the 1600 block of Dixie Highway. Louisville police arrested 48-year-old Jack Elliott on May 5, a day after he allegedly shot and killed 44-year-old Isaiah White.

LMPD is also searching for suspects in two non-fatal shootings. Early Monday morning a man was shot and killed in the parking garage of the Brown Hotel in downtown Louisville. Investigators are still searching for the shooter. Police also responded to a shooting in Fairdale near the 5900 block of New Cut Road just after 9 p.m. Police found a man who was shot multiple times and he was taken to UofL Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

"That's that is very unfortunate, given how great Derby weekend was for the rest of our community, but certainly for the individuals that were victim of those six violent crimes, their families and their friends," Mayor Craig Greenberg said during a press conference Tuesday morning.

Executing 'Safe Louisville' plan

Despite the violent weekend, officials continue to point out that homicides are down so far this year. In April, the city unveiled its Safe Louisville Comprehensive Violence Reduction Plan to combat the rising tide of violence. The 5-year plan is aimed at reducing Louisville's violent crime by at least 15 percent each year. 

"The goal of Safe Louisville is to prevent violent crime, to prevent this type of gun violence, and through some of the programs that the Office of Violence Prevention is going to be focusing on over the coming years, maybe the individuals that pulled the trigger over this past Derby weekend would have had a different path in life that wouldn't have gotten to that point where they pulled the trigger," Greenberg said.

The Safe Louisville plan focuses on three points: prevention, intervention and enforcement. It's meant to complement LMPD's crime reduction strategic plan released late last year by LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey. 

A major part of that plan -- called Area Focused Improvements (AFI) -- targets neighborhoods with high numbers of police calls for serious offenses.  

Some of the areas identified for that approach include the following geographic areas:

  • West Broadway to Market
  • South 22nd to South 28th
  • Broadway to River Road, between South Jackson and South 14th,
  • Park Hill neighborhood.
  • East Southland Boulevard to Badger Avenue, spanning Douglas Park to Southside Drive.
  • Industrial Boulevard to Preston Highway.

During a news conference Tuesday morning, Mayor Greenberg said a nationwide search is underway for the person to lead the Office of Violence Prevention -- formerly known as the Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods.

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