Project Body Bag and FACT working to curb Lexington gun violence
By:
Claire Kopsky
and last updated 2021-04-14 19:44:06-04
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â There have been more than a dozen shootings in Lexington since March 1, with at least five ending with lives lost -- a pattern two Lexington men partnered together for a Mother's Day dinner event to try to change.
Damion Riley grew up in Lexington and went to Lexington Catholic, but found himself involved in drugs. He said he hit a low period.
"I mean going to jail, that was like rock bottom for me. And I was like 'OK, this is, not the life I'm supposed to be living.' So when I got out I was like I need to change because I don't want to kill my community with the drugs or the violence that we're seeing now. So once I got out, I hit the ground running, put my thinking cap on and everything else came to fruition," Riley said.