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

WARREN — A shooting early Wednesday morning in the Hampshire House apartments on the city’s southwest side claimed the life of a 29-year-old man, according to Warren police.

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

A minutelong call was placed to emergency dispatchers around 6:12 a.m. by a woman requesting help at the apartment complex. She told dispatchers someone had been shot, according to Trumbull County 911.

Councilwoman Honeya Price, who represents the Sixth Ward, where the shooting took place, expressed her condolences for the Lowery family and shared her personal connection to Kardell Lowery.

“I’ve known him and the family for most of his life, since he was in third-grade,” Price, a former Warren City Schools school and family liaison, said.

The councilwoman arrived at the scene as police and detectives were in the midst of their early morning investigation.

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

“I couldn’t believe it, I had just talked to him at another apartment complex a couple weeks ago and I hadn’t seen him for a couple years,” she said. “I never thought that would be our last time talking.”

The first call Price said she made was to Pastor Joseph Walker of Restoration Christian Fellowship Church. Walker, who is involved in violence interruption initiatives, frequently holds meetings to discuss strategies for combating violence in the community.

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

“We don’t want to see retaliation,” Walker said. “Our goal is to intervene and change the course of someone retaliating or becoming a repeat offender.”

Their efforts began with ministers and groups like Brothers Against Violence showing up at crime scenes. The aim is to provide a family presence for the victims’ families, especially when there is a disconnect with law enforcement.

In addition, the church is developing a program focused on providing intervention and education to young people, including those in their 20s and 30s. The goal is to teach them how to manage their emotions and prevent situations from escalating into violence.

Price also addressed some of what she believes to be the root causes that lead to such violence.

“It’s self-discipline, self-control, conflict resolution, this has to start at an early age,” she said. “It’s also trauma and all of it affects how we react when things go left in our communities. We don’t know how to handle it.”

There’s also a layer of anger the councilwoman says needs addressed.

She also urged parents, friends and community members to work toward ending personal conflicts with one another.

“As parents we have to pour into the young ones. A lot of the time issues start on social media, but when we had a situation where things went left, we used to handle it by calling each other’s families to work through it.”