"We're in the hot spots across the city. We're seizing guns. We're trying to take those illegal guns off the streets. We're focusing on those repeat offenders," Putney said. "We're also looking at some of the suspects who are escalating their violence. If I go from pointing a gun at you to shooting at a house to shooting at a car, it's not illogical that you might shoot a person. Any of those incidents could lead to death, so we're focusing on those people too before they commit a homicide - trying to break that cycle."