The city’s Group Violence Intervention program, launched in 2021, is bringing mothers of gun-violence victims into “custom notifications” — in-person visits meant to prevent future shootings.

Shaquille O'Neal, Bryan Stevenson and Nile Rodgers are some of the people being honored for the humanitarianism awards. 

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 and multiple stints in prison.

The plan would seek to sway people away from crime.

There have been 47 homicides so far in 2019 in Louisville. Arrests have been made in 14 of those cases.

The mother of two sons killed Sunday in the Shawnee neighborhood told WDRB the man who killed them preyed on them and was hoping to recruit them in his gang.