Kansas City is on track for one of its deadliest years. There have been 160 homicides in the metro in 2022. A local group is honoring those victims with a display of crosses in Independence. Each cross and each name represents a person who lost their lives to violence in Kansas City.Auna Lungren volunteered to help KC Mothers in Charge put names on the crosses. “It hurts just to see 150 crosses,” Lungren said. Lungren’s son’s name is on one of the crosses. Daniel Busick was 19 years old when he was killed two months ago. “That was my everything. He was my only child. I lived for him,” Lungren said. “They just took everything out of me.”Lungren is now one of more than 150 families who have lost a loved one to violence this year.Rosilyn Temple with KC Mothers in Charge works to comfort those families. Temple lost her son to gun violence in 2011. “We want to let them know, we’re here for you. We haven’t forgotten,” Temple said. She said the crosses are a way to honor the lives lost and for the community to see how big of an impact violence is having in the metro. “We've got to stand up and say we had enough, and this is the awareness -- that this is what we're going through,” Temple said. “Being a part of this, it crushes my heart,” Lungren said.Mothers like Lungren are still working through the grief of losing a child. “I’m lost. I’m lost for words. I’m lost. I have an empty heart,” Lungren said. But it's displays like the one in front of the Gathering Baptist Church and groups like KC Mothers in Charge that help families find hope. This display is up in preparation of “The Longest Night.” That’s an annual ceremony when the families of victims come together to honor their loved ones. The ceremony will be at The Gathering Baptist Church in Independence on Dec. 21 at 7 p.m.