LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The parking lot of Club Cedar is filled with green and yellow flowers, candles and the image of Earl Crawford.
Friends and family of Crawford gathered for a vigil at the bar in Louisville's west end where Crawford was killed on Nov. 17.
"We're hurting right now," Berry Crawford said. "We're going to change this hurting into happiness."
Berry Crawford and Earlisha Parker are Crawford's brother and sister.
"I don't want to lose another brother, I don't want to lose another community member, I want us to be able to be strong like family – like it was when we were growing up," Parker said.
Crawford was shot and killed in a double shooting in the parking lot of Club Cedar in the Russell neighborhood.
His family said it's their mission to turn the tragedy into future change.
"Keep trying, keep pushing, keep preaching, keep talking, we're going to do everything that we can to save our community because the pain that I feel I wouldn't wish on anyone," Parker said.
She said she's advocating for non-violence.
"What we are advocating for is for people to put down the guns," Parker said. "Get emotionally intelligent, get therapy, seek God, whatever you have to do to work out your problems."
Parker's motto: "If we can reach one person that was eventually going to be a murderer, then we've done our job."
Kevin Powell, 60, of Louisville was arrested and charged with murder, 2nd degree assault and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon for the homicide.
He's being held with a $500,000 cash bond.
"No one prepares you for this," Parker said. "We prepare for life, baby showers and weddings. No one prepares you for senseless gun violence. It's surreal."
The family said they are still grieving.
"Although this was an overwhelming tragedy, we can't fathom it," Parker said. "But, we have to turn our pain into something good so we can help someone else."
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