LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - ONE Lexington Director, Devine Carama, says the east end community needs uplifting after 19-year-old Ja’Zarion Robinson was shot and killed on East Seventh Street .

“This is our third year in a row seeing our gun violence numbers come down, and we’ve made historical progress, but it really doesn’t matter when you see a 19-year-old lose their life,” Carama said.

Carama says the city has made progress in decreasing gun violence, but one homicide is too many.

“How do those numbers comfort a mother who just lost her son? They don’t,” Carama said.

He said when he heard about Tuesday evening’s shooting, he knew he needed to support those grieving Robinson.

“Being on the scene...I had several conversations with young people who were present, kind of staring off into

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