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HOURS BEFORE. HE WAS A FATHER WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON FATHER’S DAY. THE PAIN STILL FEELS UNREAL TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS. >> HE WAS REALLY PROUD TO BE A FATHER. HE WAS PUMPED AND REALLY CELEBRATING FATHER’S DAY AND FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IS UNFORTUNATE. LOVED ONES SAY THE MAN WHO WAS KILLED DURING A SHOOTING AT DIXIE HIGHWAY AND ORMSBY AVENUE SUNDAY MORNING WAS DURELLE MOXLEY A FATHER OF THREE >> RELL WAS ONE OF THOSE VOICES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS EDGING ME AND PUSHING ME TOWARDS POSITIVITY. SHAQUILLE: POLICE SAY SEVEN PEOPLE INCLUDING MOXLEY WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THEIR INJURIES. DOCTORS COULDN’T SAVE MOXLEY BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY EVERYONE ELSE IS EXPECTED TO BE OK. CHINA LACY SAYS HIS FRIEND LOST HIS LIFE PROTECTING THOSE AROUND HIM. >> INSTEAD OF FLEEING, HE REALIZED SOME PEOPLE WERE GOING TO GET HIT IN THE CROSSFIRE OR WHATEVER AND HE THREW HIMSELF IN HARM'S WAY AND NOW HE’S NOT HERE BECAUSE OF IT. SHAQUILLE: THIS SHOOTING WAS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL IN THE METRO AREA IN A THREE HOUR TIMEFRAME FROM SATURDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY MORNING. POLICE SAY 3 OTHER PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN SHOOTINGS, TOO. >> THIS IS NOT THE OLD WESTERN DAYS, YOU’RE NOT FIGHTING OVER LAND, THIS IS NOT BEEF OVER A COUNTRY. YOU’RE FIGHTING OVER SENSELESS STUFF. SHAQUILLE: MAYOR FISCHER’S OFFICE RELEASED A STATEMENT ADDRESING THE VIOLENCE, SAYING IN PART, “OVERALL, WE CONTINUE TO STAY THE COURSE WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO REDUCING VIOLENCE AND OUR SIX-PILLAR VIOLENCE REDUCTION PLAN, ENFORCEMENT, INTERVENTION, PREVENTION, COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION, ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE, AND RE-ENTRY.” BUT FOR THOSE GATHERED AT THE SAME PLACE THEIR LOVED ONE WAS KILLED, ALL THEY CAN DO IS HOPE IT GETS BE

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Louisville Metro Police are investigating multiple shootings that occurred overnight, including one fatal shooting.Police responded to a report of multiple people shot at Dixie Highway and Ormsby Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Sunday.When officers arrived at the scene, they found seven victims in their 20s and 30s suffering from gunshot wounds.Police said all were taken to University Hospital, where one died.The other victims appeared to be in stable condition, according to police.Around the same time, officers responded to the 3600 block of Georgetown Place. Police said a 20-year-old at that location suffered two gunshot wounds. He was taken to University Hospital, where he remains in stable condition.Approximately one hour later, a teen showed up at Audubon Hospital by private vehicle with gunshot wounds. Police said they believe the victim was shot in the 1500 block of Bellamy Place.The victim was transferred to University Hospital where he remains in stable condition.Around 11:30 p.m., there was a report of a shooting in the 1000 block of South 38th Street.Police said officers found a juvenile male victim who had sustained a gunshot wound and a graze wound.Police said they don't believe the shooting happened on South 38th Street and are working to locate the scene.The victim is in stable condition, police said. Mayor Greg Fischer's office released a statement Sunday regarding the recent spike in violence:"We have seen a spike in homicides in the past few weeks, and this weekend we have seen more troubling violence. These are all active investigations, and LMPD will provide information as they are able and the investigations unfold. Anyone with information on the shootings is asked to contact police at 574-LMPD. "Overall, we continue to stay the course with our public health approach to reducing violence and our six-pillar violence reduction plan: enforcement, intervention, prevention, community mobilization, organizational change and re-entry."Police continue to focus on the people, places and drugs strategy that has shown results in the past two years. And just as importantly, we continue working to stop violence before it happens through our hospital- and community-based intervention and prevention efforts. Law enforcement, community partners and the Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods, working collectively, has had an impact, despite this recent spate of violence. As the Mayor has said before, this challenge didn’t come up overnight, and it will take all of us working together to resolve it." Anyone with information on the shootings is asked to call LMPD's anonymous tip line at 574-LMPD (5673).