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Deputy mayor responds to calls for improved security at London public housing sites [Video]

The organization that oversees public housing in London will be taking measures to improve security as three separate homicide investigations at different complexes in the city continue.

London’s deputy mayor and board member at the London Middlesex Housing Corporation (LMHC) Shawn Lewis spoke about the working being done to improve the safety of residents in a London Morning interview Thursday, the same day a vigil was planned for the most recent homicide victim.

Darko Lukic, 48, was found beaten and unconscious outside of 122 Baseline Road on July 20 and died the next day of his injuries. No arrests have been made with police asking for witnesses to come forward.

In June, there were two alleged homicides. Zukifili ‘Zeko’ Abdul Hashim, 18, was stabbed outside the LMHC housing complex where he lived on Southdale Road East and Millbank Drive.

A few days later, Cheryl Sheldon, who lived at 345 Wharncliffe …

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