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There have been 124 homicides so far this year in Kansas City, Missouri. Community leaders gathered Friday gathered to discuss solutions at a stop the violence event.

Maurice Hughes shared his personal trauma at the event in hopes of helping others avoid a similar tragedy.

"Never in a million years would you think it would happen to you," Hughes said.

Hughes lost his 17-year-old daughter Amauri to domestic violence almost two years ago. She was a senior at Grandview High School when she was murdered by her boyfriend.

"Our daughter, she was murdered, she was shot, she was stabbed, beaten, brutally beaten," Hughes said.

Despite his grief, Hughes now shares his family's story to advocate for change.

"We as a people have to come together," Hughes said.

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