This is no simple uptick in murders that can be dismissed. The whole region is experiencing the same pattern. Rival cartels teaming with rival street gangs, importing Mexican style gang wars here. LMPD's lack of ground level intel and sources makes it 10 times worse. This is just the end of the beginning. Louisville's failure to responsibly address this problem has contributed to the killings by criminals who would have been in a cell if you had. Either get your s--t together or hand your dept over