'It was very, very scary': Neighbors upset after teen boy killed in Chickasaw neighborhood

Louisville continues to be plagued by gun violence.Louisville Metro Police have already investigated 70 homicides this year.There were four shootings Tuesday night. One of them happened in the Chickasaw neighborhood.Fourteen-year-old Johnathon Rodgers was shot and killed in the 3400 block of Garland Avenue two nights ago."It was very, very scary," said Kimberly Daugherty, who told WLKY News she was in bed with her husband Tuesday night when they heard a disturbance, then gunfire."We heard the heard the arguing and then the shots, and the victim was laying, like I say, right there," Daugherty said while standing on her front steps and pointing to a neighboring yard.Rodgers, pronounced dead at the scene, was identified by the Jefferson County coroner.A motive for the teen's murder is unknown. No arrests have been made.This latest episode of gun violence, just outside their front door, left the Daugherty family shaken."Actually standing there, seeing that happen, and it changed my life. I will never be the same," said Kimberly Daugherty.The couple called on Mayor Craig Greenberg and LMPD to figure out a way to stop the violence."We've got to do something because we're losing our children," Kimberley Daugherty said.There are people doing something.Greater Galilee Church sits just two blocks from where the 14-year-old was shot to death.Pastor Eric Johnson is on a mission to help stop the violence by giving young people a place to gather.Next door to the church, a new community basketball court is being built.Johnson describes it as a project to reach at-risk youth, with mentors teaching how to avoid the temptations of the street."It'll be a center for our community because it has not been a whole lot for young people to do in our community. This will be an impetus and an initiative that brings kids together for a good cause," Johnson said.Sharell Caldwell was born and raised in Chickasaw.She believes the pastor's project is exactly what the area needs."I think this is going to mean something very positive. And the fact that we are putting money finally into this neighborhood gives us a little bit of hope, coupled with the Goodwill Opportunity Center, there's no way we can't move up," Caldwell said.Johnson says the community basketball facility outside his Chickasaw church is expected to open June 15.