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<v Speaker 1>Three people are dead after a shooting in a Torrance.

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<v Speaker 2>California, more than people have been shot shot shooting security.

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<v Speaker 2>I really don't like that. I think that this is

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<v Speaker 2>not the way to solve a dispute.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not the way to deal with the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that somebody has dishue.

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<v Speaker 2>A new study shows that the city of LA has

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<v Speaker 2>seen three hundred less murders than in the last five years.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that number of deaths is down eighteen percent from

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<v Speaker 2>December of twenty twenty three. For much of the twenty tens,

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<v Speaker 2>annual homicides range from two hundred and fifty to three hundred. LA,

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<v Speaker 2>like other major cities across the country, saw deadly gun

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<v Speaker 2>violence surge during the pandemic.

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<v Speaker 1>You make that decision to pick up a gun and

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<v Speaker 1>to take another light, you add more problems for yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>first of all life.

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<v Speaker 2>But that narrative is starting to take a turn in

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<v Speaker 2>a positive direction. The charge is led by rapper Iced Tea,

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<v Speaker 2>along with LA filmmaker Terry Carney, Sr. With a new

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<v Speaker 2>documentary titled Put the Guns Down, A World have Pandemic,

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<v Speaker 2>featuring first hand accounts from families affected. The film challenges

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<v Speaker 2>conventional narratives and shifts the focus to the root causes

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<v Speaker 2>of these tragedies. Carney has personally been impacted by gun violence,

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<v Speaker 2>including the time he lost his very own brother to

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<v Speaker 2>a senseless shooting.

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<v Speaker 1>He was murdered. He was going to school to become

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<v Speaker 1>a horse jockey, and he wanted to come back to

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<v Speaker 1>the city and hang out with some of his old

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<v Speaker 1>friends and stuff like that, and he was in private

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<v Speaker 1>school and stuff. So he came up for a weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>and believe it or not, he was murdered the day

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<v Speaker 1>that he came up to hang out with its friends

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<v Speaker 1>and stuff. They blew his loans through his back. With

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<v Speaker 1>AK forty seven, the.

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<v Speaker 2>Film takes an unfiltered look at the mental health struggles

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<v Speaker 2>feeling gun violence.

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<v Speaker 1>We just had so many murders that was taking place

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<v Speaker 1>all over the city, so we just felt like we

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<v Speaker 1>needed something to do to try to help stop some

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<v Speaker 1>of these murders.

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<v Speaker 2>And Carney isn't wrong. According to data from the LAPD,

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<v Speaker 2>homicides rose to over four hundred killings in twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 2>when the pandemic was at its peak. It's easy to

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<v Speaker 2>draw a gun now to shoot somebody, and they don't

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<v Speaker 2>even think about the cost courses still as too late.

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<v Speaker 2>We didn't foresee the future death incarceration. It was much

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<v Speaker 2>worse in the nineteen eighties and early nineties, mostly because

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<v Speaker 2>of gang violence. Karney grew up in LA during the

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<v Speaker 2>eighties and nineties and recollected how bad it actually was.

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<v Speaker 2>By nineteen ninety three, LA had nearly eleven hundred murders

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<v Speaker 2>for the year. Carney credits the major decrease in gun

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<v Speaker 2>violence among young people with documenting the real life conversations

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<v Speaker 2>of those that used to participate in the epidemic.

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<v Speaker 1>We have a lot of the ogs from different street

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<v Speaker 1>gangs that supported this film, as well as a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of the community activists that used to be ex gang

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<v Speaker 1>bangers and stuff that's given back to the city, and

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<v Speaker 1>they have created a lot of different nonprofit organizations and

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<v Speaker 1>we all working together.

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<v Speaker 2>Carney also says that it's really been a three sixty

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<v Speaker 2>turnaround with some of the gang bangers, ogs and former

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<v Speaker 2>criminals getting in front of kids and young people and

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<v Speaker 2>making them understand there's a better way.

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<v Speaker 1>They're telling the kids it ain't about that. It's about

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<v Speaker 1>you getting education, It's about you making someone yourself. We

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<v Speaker 1>even have some of our guys in the penitentiary that

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<v Speaker 1>once the kids is incocerated, they're turning them around in

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<v Speaker 1>the penitentiary system.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, he says, for the most part, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of community leaders that are helping kids put their guns down,

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<v Speaker 2>our ex gang bangers who in a sense are self

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<v Speaker 2>policing their neighborhoods in streets.

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<v Speaker 1>Been law enforcement, and a lot of authority figures is

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<v Speaker 1>allowing us to work for our communities and do what

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<v Speaker 1>we need to do to get these kids turned around.

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<v Speaker 2>With nearly fifty awards, Carney is taking the show on

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<v Speaker 2>the road as he kicks off his official college tour.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, what's happening in La happens in other neighborhoods also.

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<v Speaker 1>It used to being just broken and homes and you

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<v Speaker 1>know a lot of different things. But now you have

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<v Speaker 1>a new type of kids that's out here running the streets.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's not just the urban areas. This in every community,

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<v Speaker 1>every neighborhood. Kids are at the point to where they

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<v Speaker 1>just want to do what they want to do. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I don't want people out there to be

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<v Speaker 1>thinking this is just a South central LA thing. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a Woodland Hills, this is a Beverly Hills. This

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<v Speaker 1>is you know, these bullets out here, they don't have

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<v Speaker 1>eyes on them, they don't discriminate against nobody, And it's

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<v Speaker 1>happening in every community right now out here in Los

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<v Speaker 1>Angeles and in other states as well, in countries.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like seeing a monster in through gun violence. We

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<v Speaker 2>do he create a monster after on monster, because it

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<v Speaker 2>could create a cula. Carney's efforts to bring light to

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<v Speaker 2>gun violence through his film makes its college campus debut

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<v Speaker 2>on February twenty sixth in Victorville at Victor Valley College.

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<v Speaker 2>The film is in partnership with a nonprofit DVL Project

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<v Speaker 2>and the Victor Valley College's EUMOJA program, which dedicates itself

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<v Speaker 2>to enhancing the cultural and educational experiences of students. Following

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<v Speaker 2>the film, a Q and a panel with some of

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<v Speaker 2>those featured in the documentary will take place.

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<v Speaker 1>We touch bases on every aspect, from mental health to

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<v Speaker 1>gun violence to what works and what helps in the community.

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<v Speaker 2>The screening and panel discussion is free to attend and

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<v Speaker 2>open to the public. In studio. Andrew Caravella KFI News