LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nicole Cowherd held a poster with photos of her loved ones as she shouted into a megaphone in Louisville.
"I need the killers to see these broken hearts," she said. "I need them to see. We're tired and we want our streets back."
What You Need To Know
- The group Mothers of Murdered Sons and Daughters (M.O.M.S.) of Kentucky held a peace walk in Louisville Saturday
- Participants wore orange, the color of the gun violence prevention movement
- The group walked to Cecil Ave, where police say two teens were recently shot and killed
- According to LMPD, there have been at least 110 homicides in less than a year, including 14 people under the age of 18
It’s been two years since Cowherd lost her son Richard and she felt compelled to spend her Saturday in a peace walk to end gun violence with the group Mothers of Murdered Sons and Daughters (M.O.M.S.) of Kentucky.
Dozens of parents dressed in orange, the color of the gun violence prevention movement, walked to Cecil Avenue, where police say Nylah Linear and Michelle Moore, both 16, were recently shot and killed.
According to LMPD, there have been at least 110 homicides in less than a year, including 14 people under the age of 18.
"We just want it to stop and we don’t know how it will stop, but if we bring awareness and keep bringing awareness, to even let the killers know that they are hurting when you hurt that one person and take their life, you’re affecting a whole family," Cowherd said.
Leatha Henderson said she struggles to get through the grief of losing her own son because her friends are losing children daily.
"M.O.M.S. ... Mothers of Murdered Sons and Daughters is not something that you want to be a part of, nothing I never thought I would be a part of," she said. "It's hard."
The mothers said the violence still touches everyone, even if you haven't personally lost a loved one. They called on others in the community to speak up and get involved.
"Today it's me; tomorrow it could be you," Henderson said.