A program that provides federal funds to groups in Detroit working to cut down the numbers of homicides and shootings is showing reductions of 83%, 73% and 61% in some of the city’s most violent areas

"This is not a coincidence. This is proof - these folks in schools, neighborhoods in hard conversations every single day is changing the paths of young people," Duggan said.

The City of Detroit and the Detroit Police Department say they are grateful for the community-led Shotstopper program, which they are crediting with helping drop crime rates in some parts of the city dramatically.