With just two days left in the year, Pittsburgh has seen a large increase in homicides.
The shooting death of 36-year-old Corey Washington near a Family Dollar on Brighton Road on Monday marked the city's 71st homicide this year.
That's the highest number of homicides Pittsburgh has recorded in a decade and 15 more than last year's total.
So how is the city fighting back against the violence?
Mayor Ed Gainey told KDKA-TV his Pittsburgh Plan for Peace is being implemented and in 2023 will focus on apprehending the city's most violent individuals.
Also in 2023 Gainey, says there will be a new public safety center in downtown, a collaboration with Pittsburgh Public Schools to help reduce violence in high schools, and a doubling of the size of its Community Violence Intervention teams.