LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Louisville leaders say gangs are a significant driver of gun violence in the city, and a long-running prevention effort has added a new voice to its front-line strategy: families who have lost loved ones.
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. One of the mothers in training for the program is Krista Gwynn, whose 19-year-old son, Christian, was killed in 2019.
“He will never be forgotten. Ever,” Krista Gwynn said…