remembering victims

ABC 36's Alex King and request for proclamation

Young mother of three was shot to death near the fayette mall.

There have been no arrests in the case... adding to the pain the family of laporscha stringer says they feel daily.

Abc 36's alex king spoke with stringer's grandmother their ongoing fight for justice.

White lucy jones laporscha stringer's grandmother l3: jones laporscha stringer's grandmother l3: abc 36 news white no arrests one year after woman shot to death outside fayette mall it has been almost a year since 30-year- old laporscha stringer, a mother of three, was shot and killed in her car in front of fayette mall.

Her family is no closer to having the answers they need to move on.

Lucy jones, stringer's grandmother, says the family continues every day to fight the last scars.

Stringer's 13-year- old son has been dealing with depression and anger.

So much so that he was put into a facility for help.

Some of it is just emotional pain.

Lucy jones: the girls, they go on their moms old instagram account and look at the memories there and cry and it hurts me to my heart to see them do that but theres nothing i can do about it.

Jones says she cant sleep at night knowing her grandaughters killer is still out there.

Lucy jones: we cant give up.

We have to put into the lords hand and keep going forward.

Let him handle it because eventually someone will get caught.

Jones says she visits the police station every tuesday to ask if there are any updates and she says every time the answer is the same.

They are continuing to investigate and they will not give up.

She says their families grief has turned into anger.

They just want justice.

Lucy jones: itll be a year august 23rd and this is just not acceptable.

Lexington police declined an interview about the case but a spokesperson said they do continue to actively investigate.

Ots image:right remembering the victims gun right red.jpg laporscha stringer was one of more than 15,000 people who died last year from gun violence.

On monday.... lexington mayor linda gorton signed a proclamation... declaring the week of june 21st through the 27th as "gun violence victims awareness week."

Jylan ross is the one who submitted the proclamation request to the mayor.

He says he hopes families who have lost someone to gun violence will step up and tell their stories.

L3: abc 36 news white jylan ross submitted request for proclamation as a black man, i feel proud to do something so amazing for my community because i'm a person who cares for everyone.

No matter what the color of your skin is, no matter the gender, i love everyone.

Ots image:right remembering the victims gun right red.jpg ross says he hopes families who have lost someone to gun violence will step up and tell their stories.

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