too real at peaceful rest baptist church, they are literally praying for peace. i ve lost two nephews since the beginning of the year, so what one with of the things we have to do is first have respect for human life, period. look into the eyes and see the darkness and you wonder, is there any need for them fear. reporter: the most impacted by the violent crime, young black males like timothy jones. everybody my age has a couple friends or homeboys that we ve lost to the violence in the city. i hate it. reporter: we spoke with then police chief ben raymond. he couldn t point to one cause for the increase. it s the violent crime that is well above and beyond our average. everything else is low. reporter: raymond resigned in august ahead of a no-confidence vote by the city council, driven in part by the uptick in crime. to blame me as chief of