The incident on National Ave., east of downtown, ended with one person dead and five injured.
With Lexington having seen a drop in violence this year., the incident left one Lexington workers with "heavy" hearts. In a social media post, group director Devine Carama said the motive was not yet known and the details are still under investigation. In the meantime, One Lexington is focusing its efforts on supporting victims and their families
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In a Racial Justice and Equity Commission special meeting, officials did not directly address the recent shooting, but explained their process.
"Weekly we have a violence intervention team meeting. On every Wednesday, whenever there's a situation that occurs... that involves gun violence within our age purview," Kenneth Payne with One Lexington said.
Reaction to the Friday incident has involved crisis response advocates, Lexington Police, the Sheriff's Office, victims' advocates, and other community partners. Carama wrote that the team has reached out to every victim involved in the shooting that night.
