Mother expresses frustration, outrage over violence near apartments off Fegenbush Lane

GOOD EVENING. I’M RICK VAN HOOSE. IT’S A DEADLY TWO BLOCK RADIUS NEAR BEAUTIFUL FILLED WITH APARTMENTS AND FAMILIES BUT RIDDLED WITH CRIME. TONIGHT, ONE MOTHER SAYS THE VIOLENCE CAME TOO CLOSE TO HER HOME FOR COMFORT OVER THE WEEKEND, LEAVING HER WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO LEAVE UNTIL SOMETHING IS DONE. OUR GLADYS BATTISTA JOINS US LIVE FROM OUR NEWSROOM AFTER SPEAKING WITH A WOMAN AND GLADYS. SOUNDS LIKE SHE JUST WANTED TO KEEP HER FAMILY SAFE. THAT’S RIGHT, RICK. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WE ALL WANT AT THE END OF THE DAY, JAMYCHAL GREEN HAS THREE KIDS AND THAT FEELING OF SAFETY HAS BEEN SHATTERED FOR HER AND HER FAMILY LIVING IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THEY CALL HOME. OFF A FAKE AMBUSH LANE NEAR BEAUTIFUL. SHE TELLS ME HER KIDS ARE ALL PRETTY AND OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THE VIOLENCE AROUND THEM. SHE SAYS SHE’S BEEN FRUSTRATED AND OUTRAGED, BUT A CLOSE CALL OVER THE WEEKEND HAS HER DOING WHAT SHE CAN TO MAKE SURE SHE KEEPS HER FAMILY SAFE. JIMMY CHAGRIN DESCRIBES THE SOUND OF GUNSHOTS AND FLICKERING. POLICE LINES ARE UNSETTLINGLY NORMAL FOR HER AND HER THREE CHILDREN. IT’S NOT SAFE. I DON’T FEEL SAFE. MY KIDS DON’T FEEL SAFE IN. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. GREEN HAS BEEN LIVING IN THESE APARTMENTS OFF OF LANE BETWEEN NORFOLK DRIVE IN NORTHBROOK DRIVE FOR JUST OVER A YEAR. POLICE DATA SHOWS IT IS A DEADLY TWO BLOCK RADIUS. IN JANUARY, TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND SHOT AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR NORTHBROOK DRIVE. ONE OF THE VICTIMS, 21 YEAR OLD DARIEN FINLEY, DIED AT THE SCENE. MONTHS LATER, IN APRIL, 15 YEAR OLD ENOCK ZACHARIA WAS ALSO FOUND SHOT TO DEATH ON NORTHBROOK DRIVE JUST OVER A MONTH LATER. ANOTHER TEEN, 18 YEAR OLD MICHAEL JEREMY WEST, WAS KILLED ONE BLOCK AWAY NEAR NORFOLK DRIVE. YOU NEVER KNOW BECAUSE PEOPLE THEY DONE IT. ONE THIRD ARE GOING TO AFTERNOON. THAT’S AROUND THE TIME WHEN THEY RESPONDED TO THE LATEST DEADLY CALL HERE. LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, ON NOVEMBER 18TH, WHEN OFFICERS GOT HERE, THEY FOUND DE’ANDRE MCCRAE SHOT TO DEATH. ALSO, NEW LAW, BROOKE DRIVE AND GUNFIRE CONTINUE YOU’D OVER THE WEEKEND NONE WOULD ONE DISPATCHER SAY THEY RECEIVED TWO ANONYMOUS CALLS FOR SHOTS FIRED JUST BEFORE 8 P.M. SATURDAY. WELL, THEY SAY NO VICTIMS WERE FOUND. GREEN SAYS SHE FOUND THIS BULLET HOLE NEAR HER FRONT DOOR. IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO COMFORT AND FOR IT TO HIT THE TOP OF MY DOOR, IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE KIDS RUNNING TO THE DOOR, JUST THE METAL, JUST TO SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING. OR IT COULD. IT COULD BE MY KIDS IN THAT ROOM. IT’S NOT OKAY. GREEN SAYS IT LEFT HER WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO LEAVE. I CAN’T LIVE LIKE THAT. NEITHER SHOULD MY KIDS HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THAT. AND I’M NOT GOING TO DO IT. TAKING HER FAMILY TO STAY WITH LOVED ONES WITH NO PLANS ON GOING BACK. I’M TAKING MY KIDS BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL AND KANSAS. AND SHE OH, BUT I HAVE TO DO WHAT I HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT MY KIDS ARE SAFE. LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE RECENTLY PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ADDRESS CERTAIN PROPERTIES WHERE CRIMES ARE REPEATEDLY TAKING PLACE IN ORDER TO HELP NEIGHBORHOODS NEGATIVELY AFFECT IT BY CRIME. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM

After deadly violence near the apartments she and her children call home near Beuchel, one mother said she is fed up and frustrated. Jaymisha Green and her three children have lived at the apartments off of Fegenbush Lane and Norbrook Drive for just over a year and said gun shots, crime scene tape and flickering police lights are an unsettling normal for her family. "It's not safe," Green said. "I don't feel safe. My kids don't feel safe and something has to be done."Police data show the area the apartments are in between Norbrook Drive and Norfolk Drive is deadly. In January, police found two people shot at the complex. One of the victims, 21-year-old Dariyan Finley, died at the scene.Months later in April, police found 15-year-old Enok Nzayikorera shot to death on Norbrook Drive. Just over a month later, 18-year-old Michael Jeremy West was killed one block away on Norfolk Drive."You never know," Green said. "You never know because people — they're dying at 1:30 in the afternoon."That's around the time police responded to the latest deadly call near the apartments on Nov. 18. When officers got to the scene, they found 29-year-old Deondre McRae shot to death also near Norbrook Drive. Gunfire continued in the area over the weekend. MetroSafe said they received two anonymous calls for shots fired just before 8 p.m. Saturday. While LMPD said no victims were found, Green said she found a bullet hole near her front door, leaving her with no choice but to leave. "It was too close to comfort," Green said. "For it to hit the top of my door — it could've been the kids running to the door just to meddle, just to see what's happening or it could've been my kids in they room. It's not OK. I can't live like that and neither can my kids. And I'm not going to do it."Green said she has since been staying with loved ones in another part of town with no plans to go back. "I'm taking my kids back and forth to school," Green said. "Gas isn't cheap. But I have to do what I have to do to make sure my kids are safe."Louisville Metro Council members recently passed an ordinance that would address certain properties where crimes are repeatedly taking place in order to help neighborhoods negatively affected by crime. Related stories

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

After deadly violence near the apartments she and her children call home near Beuchel, one mother said she is fed up and frustrated.

Jaymisha Green and her three children have lived at the apartments off of Fegenbush Lane and Norbrook Drive for just over a year and said gun shots, crime scene tape and flickering police lights are an unsettling normal for her family.

"It's not safe," Green said. "I don't feel safe. My kids don't feel safe and something has to be done."

Police data show the area the apartments are in between Norbrook Drive and Norfolk Drive is deadly.

In January, police found two people shot at the complex. One of the victims, 21-year-old Dariyan Finley, died at the scene.

Months later in April, police found 15-year-old Enok Nzayikorera shot to death on Norbrook Drive. Just over a month later, 18-year-old Michael Jeremy West was killed one block away on Norfolk Drive.

"You never know," Green said. "You never know because people — they're dying at 1:30 in the afternoon."

That's around the time police responded to the latest deadly call near the apartments on Nov. 18. When officers got to the scene, they found 29-year-old Deondre McRae shot to death also near Norbrook Drive.

Gunfire continued in the area over the weekend.

MetroSafe said they received two anonymous calls for shots fired just before 8 p.m. Saturday. While LMPD said no victims were found, Green said she found a bullet hole near her front door, leaving her with no choice but to leave.

"It was too close to comfort," Green said. "For it to hit the top of my door — it could've been the kids running to the door just to meddle, just to see what's happening or it could've been my kids in they room. It's not OK. I can't live like that and neither can my kids. And I'm not going to do it."

Green said she has since been staying with loved ones in another part of town with no plans to go back.

"I'm taking my kids back and forth to school," Green said. "Gas isn't cheap. But I have to do what I have to do to make sure my kids are safe."

Louisville Metro Council members recently passed an ordinance that would address certain properties where crimes are repeatedly taking place in order to help neighborhoods negatively affected by crime.

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Mother expresses frustration, outrage over violence near apartments off Fegenbush Lane

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