guess, at this point, that your violence reduction strategy is working and that chicago is a safer city than it was in 2012? you see, you re putting me in a position ywhere you re going o make me talk about statistics which is not the point of being here. for me to stand here right now and tell you that we have more than 500 less gunshot victims in this city right now than we had last year, for me to stand here and tell you that we ve got 200 and about 30 less shootings than we had in 2011, is absolutely irrelevant. i m sorry. you re making me do it. but the fact is, that s what s happening. reporter: they hope to catch the shooters before their rivals seek street justice. mayor rahm emanuel felt the families of the victims at the hospital. he came home to visit victims at the hospital. a 33-year-old woman shot in the shoulder is at northwestern.