and alan wong joins us now with that story. >> this meeting tonight shows the urgency city leaders are placing on this issue. san jose prides itself on being one of the safest large cities in the nation. now, the spike in violence threaten that's reputation. a month into the new year in san jose, they've seen seven homicides believed to be gang related. the recent happened on friday night. police say a 17-year-old shot and killed an 18-year-old while the victim was on his bike on the eve of the gang prevention summit this weekend and tonight members of the neighborhood why wr some murders took place will have a chance to question leaders and officials. >> how do you stop it?. >> we can have more police patrol in the area. we'll have more nonprofit organizations with representatives to help to address some of the issues and we'll work with the school district to make sure that police patrol around the district z so these are some of the things we'll be discussing tonight. >> and many of the murders happened in and around vice mayor elect nguyen's district. she's calling this emergency m

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