team who say they re hoping to prevent more violence. going to the victims, and trying to make sure that they don t retaliate. and if we can maybe, run into the other people and ask them to back up if we can. reporter: police say they are also trying to reach some of the people in this video to sort out the suspects from the victims. reporter: police have even set up a hot line just for this case. it is 510-773-2805. and it can also accept text messages. now three people including that little boy are still in critical condition tonight. in the last 30 minutes we ve seen a little bit of encouraging information. let s go live now to ken pritchett with that news. reporter: i talked to the uncle of lawrence. and the uncle told me that while the boy remains in a coma that the child was able to squeeze his hands around his father s finger. a small sign of hope for this family. that same uncle says that the child was in his father s arms at the time of the shooting. and that