WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:02:02.6120000" NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.9905674 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.012 This weekend's violence has NOTE Confidence: 0.9905674 00:00:02.012 --> 00:00:04.024 created concern citywide tonight, NOTE Confidence: 0.9905674 00:00:04.030 --> 00:00:05.870 especially since the numbers show NOTE Confidence: 0.9905674 00:00:05.870 --> 00:00:08.090 more than 70% of violent incidents NOTE Confidence: 0.9905674 00:00:08.090 --> 00:00:10.310 this year have involved a gun. NOTE Confidence: 0.9905674 00:00:10.310 --> 00:00:12.190 Families enjoying an afternoon incredible NOTE Confidence: 0.9905674 00:00:12.190 --> 00:00:14.070 pizza company this weekend were NOTE Confidence: 0.9905674 00:00:14.128 --> 00:00:15.840 interrupted by gunfire and screams. NOTE Confidence: 0.8441377 00:00:18.690 --> 00:00:20.555 People ran to the kitchen or NOTE Confidence: 0.8441377 00:00:20.555 --> 00:00:22.360 anywhere they could hide from the NOTE Confidence: 0.8441377 00:00:22.360 --> 00:00:23.588 crosshairs. Oh my God. NOTE Confidence: 0.9897175 00:00:26.970 --> 00:00:29.500 Violent crimes such as homicide, murder, and NOTE Confidence: 0.9897175 00:00:29.500 --> 00:00:30.586 aggravated assault are NOTE Confidence: 0.9897175 00:00:30.586 --> 00:00:32.300 up 12% from last year. NOTE Confidence: 0.9897175 00:00:32.300 --> 00:00:33.950 Bill Gibbons with the Memphis NOTE Confidence: 0.9897175 00:00:33.950 --> 00:00:35.300 Shelby Crime Commission, NOTE Confidence: 0.9897175 00:00:35.300 --> 00:00:36.744 says aggravated assaults are NOTE Confidence: 0.9897175 00:00:36.744 --> 00:00:38.549 driving that increase we need NOTE Confidence: 0.9897175 00:00:38.550 --> 00:00:40.980 to take those aggravated assaults seriously NOTE Confidence: 0.9897175 00:00:40.980 --> 00:00:43.889 because most are being committed with guns. NOTE Confidence: 0.9897175 00:00:43.890 --> 00:00:46.095 And and aggravated assault can turn into NOTE Confidence: 0.9897175 00:00:46.095 --> 00:00:48.230 a homicide within a split second. MPD NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:00:48.230 --> 00:00:50.072 says the bullets flew to incredible NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:00:50.072 --> 00:00:51.666 pizza after an argument between NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:00:51.666 --> 00:00:53.496 two families who knew each other. NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:00:53.500 --> 00:00:55.050 Given says that's more common NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:00:55.050 --> 00:00:56.910 than you might think. Sending a NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:00:56.910 --> 00:00:58.460 clear message that engaging in NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:00:58.460 --> 00:01:00.010 violence, it's not an acceptable NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:01:00.010 --> 00:01:01.250 way to resolve conflict. NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:01:01.250 --> 00:01:02.800 He says that contributing factor NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:01:02.800 --> 00:01:04.928 to all this could be the stress of NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:01:04.928 --> 00:01:06.830 COVID-19 and less police engagement. NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:01:06.830 --> 00:01:08.690 But I do think that's changing. NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:01:08.690 --> 00:01:10.240 And I think the pendulum NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:01:10.240 --> 00:01:11.790 is kind of swinging back. NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:01:11.790 --> 00:01:14.196 There's a lot of concern about. NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:15.810 Crime not just in Memphis, NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:01:15.810 --> 00:01:17.784 but nationwide and I think we're NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:01:17.784 --> 00:01:19.464 seeing more police officers becoming NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:01:19.464 --> 00:01:21.578 more proactive again in a good way. NOTE Confidence: 0.9870684 00:01:21.580 --> 00:01:23.827 However, there are no signs yet of NOTE Confidence: 0.9875618 00:01:23.830 --> 00:01:25.162 the violence slowing down. NOTE Confidence: 0.9875618 00:01:25.162 --> 00:01:26.827 Given says it'll take all NOTE Confidence: 0.9875618 00:01:26.827 --> 00:01:28.320 of us from the mayor, NOTE Confidence: 0.9875618 00:01:28.320 --> 00:01:29.975 law enforcement and the community NOTE Confidence: 0.9875618 00:01:29.975 --> 00:01:32.179 to have a real impact and slow NOTE Confidence: 0.9875618 00:01:32.180 --> 00:01:34.427 the violence. When you say what's the NOTE Confidence: 0.9875618 00:01:34.427 --> 00:01:36.030 immediate solution? Again, it's not NOTE Confidence: 0.9875618 00:01:36.030 --> 00:01:38.593 a week or a month, but I think NOTE Confidence: 0.9875618 00:01:38.593 --> 00:01:40.519 if we really as a community, NOTE Confidence: 0.9875618 00:01:40.520 --> 00:01:42.404 do those kinds of things together NOTE Confidence: 0.9875618 00:01:42.404 --> 00:01:44.765 that we can say see an impact NOTE Confidence: 0.9875618 00:01:44.765 --> 00:01:46.490 within a fairly short period. NOTE Confidence: 0.9875618 00:01:46.490 --> 00:01:47.450 Attorney and Memphis NOTE Confidence: 0.988139 00:01:47.450 --> 00:01:49.450 Police chief CJ Davis has made it clear NOTE Confidence: 0.988139 00:01:49.450 --> 00:01:51.596 one of her priorities is building NOTE Confidence: 0.988139 00:01:51.596 --> 00:01:53.581 trust and relationships between the NOTE Confidence: 0.988139 00:01:53.581 --> 00:01:55.450 department and the people they serve. NOTE Confidence: 0.988139 00:01:55.450 --> 00:01:57.050 She believes the more people NOTE Confidence: 0.988139 00:01:57.050 --> 00:01:58.010 trust the police. NOTE Confidence: 0.988139 00:01:58.010 --> 00:02:00.280 The crime numbers will fall. NOTE Confidence: 0.988139 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:01.444 In downtown Memphis, NOTE Confidence: 0.988139 00:02:01.444 --> 00:02:02.608 I'm Caitlin McCarthy.