Detroit 300 working with city to stop violence

And we're following an uptick in shootings across the city of Detroit, including one last night that took the life of a 16-year-old girl. It happened on Chalmers near East Forest during a drive-by shooting. Someone fired on a car with four people inside. A 16-year-old was shot and killed, and a 19-year-old man was wounded. This is the fourth time in a week a minor has been shot. Just tragic, tragic once again. We had occupied the summer. We had one of the safest This summer's on record when it comes to young people, you know, being able to thrive and not have a summer just filled with gun violence. I guess we're going to have to start occupying the whole year. Yeah, Detroit police are still looking for a suspect. There's now a $5,000 reward for information that moves this case forward. And, you know, this uptick in shootings has many concerned. Detroit police released crime statistics just last week, as you heard the chief reference right there, that showed a drop in crimes, especially in crimes involving kids. Many organizations are working to address this new spike. And Fox News' Ingrid Kelly is live at the headquarters of the Detroit 300, where a meeting got underway just a short time ago. Ingrid. Yeah. Hey, Amy, as you can see right behind me, we've got a pretty good turnout here for this meeting. Now, this meeting is a response to the mass shooting that actually took place last month on Press Street. That is where seven people were shot. Three of those people actually died at that unlicensed after-hours joint. Now, joining me now is Steven Grady-Muhammad. He is the grants manager for Detroit 300. Talk to me a little bit about what this meeting is designed to do. Well, Ingrid, this is a very important meeting because these folks live in that neighborhood, And when a situation happens like what happened on Press, it can cause people to be traumatized, fearful, afraid to come out of their house. When we were doing canvassing in the neighborhood, some people were just fearful about everything. So what we're trying to do here is to give you an opportunity to express those feelings in a safe environment, but also have some resources to make things better. So we're partnering here with the mayor's office, thank you Mayor Sheffield for assisting us with this, to give folks some resources to be able to address what's going on. And what I'm understanding is that block clubs are a big part of this. How are you guys helping the residents here sort of organize and mobilize these block clubs? Sure. So there are some block clubs represented here tonight. I think Ardmore is here, Press is here. But, you know, when you're over here and you're over there and you're operating, you don't really know what's going on. But when you come together, you are strong. So what we're really trying to do is to take some of these block clubs that are here, there, and wherever and turn them into a neighborhood association. And I understand data shows that when these clubs are activated, crime goes down. Absolutely. You got some great neighbors here tonight who've been some people 40, 50, 60 years in their neighborhood. So they're vested, you know, and they want a decent and safe place to live. A block club gives you a format to be able to achieve that. Thank you so much. Now, let's just listen in a little bit to this meeting, which has been going on for about 10, 15 minutes. They don't have to go in and out like we would have to go in and out. A lot of people work still in our community. So they don't have any accountability for what goes on. You know. I could say some other things, but I don't know. I appreciate it so much. And again, we've been live here at this meeting. It started just about a little before 6 o'clock, Detroit 300. They are working to address an unfortunate situation that happened last month on Prest. regarding a mass shooting seven people shot three of those people killed again this is open doors the meeting is going on right now they're looking for solutions to help reduce the crime back to you Amy