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There have been 124 homicides so far this year in Kansas City, Missouri. Community leaders gathered Friday gathered to discuss solutions at a stop the violence event.
Kansas City leaders seek solutions to stop violent crimes.
Maurice Hughes shared his personal trauma at the event in hopes of helping others avoid a similar tragedy.
“Never in a million years would you think it would happen to you,” Hughes said.
Hughes lost his 17-year-old daughter Amauri to domestic violence almost two years ago. She was a senior at Grandview High School when she was murdered by her boyfriend.
“Our daughter, she was murdered, she was shot, she was stabbed, beaten, brutally beaten,” Hughes said…