INDIANAPOLIS — Across Indianapolis this weekend, more than 20 people were hit by gunfire.
It's frustrating for community leaders like Ashley Gurvitz.
"Whatever differences that are keeping us apart, I'm saying now is enough," Gurvitz said. "I can't, I can't."
She lives on Indy's near northeast side where she put together the third consecutive Community Love Fest over the weekend. It's an event promoting safety and community collaboration and addressing gun violence.
"Our youth need to understand that there are people here that want you to succeed," Gurvitz said. "Whatever we need to do to be better listeners and collaborators so you know there are better choices."
Kurt Moore helped organize Love Fest as well. He owns K-Love's Auto Detailing on 38th Street and Keystone Avenue.
"I'm a business owner here," Moore said. "There's violence all around me."
He wants to be a leading force in changing the violence in his neighborhood and across the city.
"If we don't give back and impact our community in a positive way, starting with the kids, with the youth, then the blessing was for naught," Moore said.
But they don't count on one weekend a year to create change. It's work they're putting in every day.
"I just know whether you are a neighbor here, a business owner, we shouldn't have to have all of the things on the preventative unless we do our part every single day," Gurvitz said.
"I'll give my life in order to give one of those young men an opportunity to have a safe and successful life," Moore said.
One of the shootings happened just down the street from Washington Park, where a majority of Love Fest happened.
"We are fed up. Organizers, between the everyday residents that have lived here 50-, 60-plus years, they're fed up," Gurvitz said. "I think where it's at is making sure that we have to bind together to make sure this one-off incidents, which unfortunately are adding up in numbers, are getting the right solutions."