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Staff photo / Chris McBride Warren police and detectives were at 1306 Fifth Street SW on Wednesday to investigate a fatal shooting at the Hampshire House Apartments. Police said Kardell Lowery, 29, was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds.

WARREN – A 29-year-old man was killed in a shooting early Wednesday morning at the Hampshire House Apartments in the southwest part of the city, according to Warren police.

The victim, Kardell Lowery, was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene after suffering multiple gunshot wounds, police said in a news release. Police were called to an apartment at 1306 Fifth Street SW shortly after 6 a.m.

At around 6:12 a.m., a one-minute call was made to 911 from a woman asking for help from the apartment complex. According to Trumbull County 911, she told dispatch that someone had been shot.

City Councilwoman Honeya Price, who represents the Sixth District where the shooting occurred, expressed her condolences to the Lowery family and spoke of her personal connection to Kardell Lowery.

“I have known him and the family almost his entire life, since he was in third grade,” Price, a former school and family affairs officer for Warren City Schools, said:

The councillor arrived at the crime scene just as police and detectives were in the middle of their morning investigations.

She said Lowery’s death “hit closer to home.”

“I couldn’t believe it. I had only spoken to him a few weeks ago in another apartment complex and hadn’t seen him in a few years,” She said. “I never thought this would be our last conversation.”

Price said her first call was Pastor Joseph Walker of Restoration Christian Fellowship Church. Walker, who is involved in violence interruption initiatives, holds regular meetings to discuss strategies to combat violence in the community.

Walker, president of the Trumbull County Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, said the group is a coalition of area churches working together to address violence issues. They are working with community organizations and Warren Mayor Doug Franklin on a program to implement intervention methods to address the violence plaguing the community.

“We do not want retaliation,” said Walker. “Our goal is to intervene and change the behavior of someone who is retaliating or becoming a repeat offender.”

Their efforts began with pastors and groups like Brothers Against Violence showing up at crime scenes. The goal is to provide a familial presence to victims’ families, especially when problems with law enforcement arise.

In addition, the church is developing a program focused on intervention and education among young people, including those in their twenties and thirties, to teach them how to manage their emotions and prevent situations from escalating into violence.

Price also addressed some of what she believes are the underlying causes that lead to this violence.

“It’s about self-discipline, self-control and conflict resolution. This has to start at a young age.” She said. “It’s also trauma and all of that affects how we respond when things go wrong in our communities. We don’t know how to deal with it.”

In addition, there is also a certain amount of anger that needs to be addressed, according to the councilor.

She also urged parents, friends and community members to work toward ending personal conflicts among themselves.

“As parents, we have to take care of the little ones. Often the problems start on social media, but when things went wrong, we solved the problem by calling each other’s families and solving the problem.”