Originally published on April 26, 2021 3:10 pm
Hundreds of people showed up for a Peace Walk at Lexington’s Duncan Park on Saturday, where, in 2014, Antonio Franklin Jr. was killed in a random shooting. As WUKY’s Arlo Barnette reports, state and local leaders led the crowd in calling for an end to gun violence among Lexington’s youth.
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Attendees walked a mile and stood to hear speeches for two hours in the steady rain on a chilly day, as victim’s families, community leaders, and Governor Andy Beshear thanked the crowd for showing up to memorialize Antonio Franklin Jr. and other Kentuckians lost to gun violence. 15 people have died from gun violence in Lexington since the start of the year.