After a grisly murder, advocates report rising violence against the homeless

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – After LMPD revealed shocking details of how a homeless man was murdered and dismembered, advocates for the unhoused say almost everyone on the street has a story of how they were targeted for violence.

“I’ve seen drive-by shootings by housed people into camps,” Donny Greene, Executive Director of the Arthur Street Hotel, said. “I have seen housed people pull up in vehicles and beat people up. I’ve seen how people intentionally hit people with their cars.”

The Arthur Street Hotel for the homeless has rooms for 110 people…

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