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An entire community is on edge as police search for a murder suspect who gunned down a landscaper in Corryville Tuesday.Nicholas Kenan, 43, was a landscaper for Uptown Properties. He was shot to death on the job outside of an apartment complex on Bellevue Avenue. His company said he was picked at random by the gunman who demanded money. Kenan didn’t have any, and he was shot to death on the spot.The sound of the fatal gunfire was caught on a nearby doorbell camera.“Just to hear about what happened was terrifying,” Chelsea Griffis said.Griffis is a cleaning service employee for an Uptown Properties contractor. She was at work Thursday just a few feet from the place Kenan was shot. She's on high alert.“I don't have my headphones, and I'm aware of my surroundings a lot more. I'm actually kind of scared,” Griffis said. Some residents said they are moving out.“It’s just really unsettling and scary,” Julia Ventura said. Her lease is up in a few weeks, but she would move out sooner if she could. “We definitely don't feel safe around here.”Uptown Properties is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect. They’ve also helped to set up a GoFundMe for Kenan’s family.
An entire community is on edge as police search for a murder suspect who gunned down a landscaper in Corryville Tuesday.
Nicholas Kenan, 43, was a landscaper for Uptown Properties. He was shot to death on the job outside of an apartment complex on Bellevue Avenue.
His company said he was picked at random by the gunman who demanded money. Kenan didn’t have any, and he was shot to death on the spot.
The sound of the fatal gunfire was caught on a nearby doorbell camera.
“Just to hear about what happened was terrifying,” Chelsea Griffis said.
Griffis is a cleaning service employee for an Uptown Properties contractor. She was at work Thursday just a few feet from the place Kenan was shot. She's on high alert.
“I don't have my headphones, and I'm aware of my surroundings a lot more. I'm actually kind of scared,” Griffis said.
Some residents said they are moving out.
“It’s just really unsettling and scary,” Julia Ventura said. Her lease is up in a few weeks, but she would move out sooner if she could. “We definitely don't feel safe around here.”
Uptown Properties is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect. They’ve also helped to set up a GoFundMe for Kenan’s family.
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