>> Anchor: HIT LIST POSTED ON
INSTAGRAM WAS FINAL STRAW FOR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT LOOKING
TOED THE VIOLENCE IN ONE OF THE
COUNTRY'S MOST DANGEROUS
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> Anchor: NINTH PRECINCT
EAST SIDE HOME TO GANG WAR
TAKING THE LIVES OF NUMEROUS
BYSTANDERS.
>> Anchor: DREAM TEAM OF
INVESTIGATORS AND PROSECUTORS
POWERFUL MESSAGE.
AND AS KEVIN DIETZ REPORTS, IT
SEEMS TO WORK.
>> Reporter: WE USE SOCIAL
MEDIA TO KEEP UP WITH FRIENDS
AND P FAMILY.
BUT FEDERAL INVESTIGATION HAS
FOUND THAT LOCAL GANGS ARE USING
INSTA AGREEM PUT OUT PUBLIC HIT
LIST THAT IS LED TO SEVERAL
MURDERS.
WELCOME TO ZIP CODE 48205 ON
DETROIT'S EAST SIDE.
OR AS IT IS KNOWN 4820 DIE.
GANGS CALL THIS THE RED ZONE.
AS IN COLOR OF BLOOD.
A WAR IS GOING ON HERE BETWEEN
THE 7-MILE BLOODS AND
6-MILECHETTA BOYS.
WAR AND GANGS USING SOCIAL MEDIA
LIKE INSTAGRAM ON POST PICTURES
OF RIVAL GANG MEMBERS THEY WANT
KILLED.
A SOCIAL MEDIA HIT LIST.
>> POSTING PICTURES ON INSTAGRAM
SHOOT TO KILL.
>> Reporter: U.S. ATTORNEY
MCQUADE SAID THAT INVESTIGATION
FOUND OF 10 POSTED ON ONE HIT
LIST THREE ESCAPED THE ATTACK.
>> SEVEN SHOT.
FOUR FATALLY.
SO THERE IS A GANG WAR GOING ON.
>> Reporter: SOMETHING THOSE
THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
KNOW ALL ABOUT.
>> WHEN I SAID YOU DESERVE IT.
ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.
EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE HOUSES.
12 TO 15 OF THEM ARE EMPTY.
>> Reporter: THEY SEE ABANDON
HOMES TURNED INTO DRUG DENS AND
FIRE STORMS OF BULLETS AND
SHOOTINGS.
>> OUT OF CONTROL.
LEFT AND RIGHT.
ALL YOU SEE ON THE NEWS IS
EITHER KIDS KILLED BECAUSE OF
GANG VIOLENCE OR PEOPLE GETTING
INTO IT OVER STUPID STUFF.
>> Reporter: POLICE KNOW GANG
NUMBERS.
SO TEAM OF THE BEST-OF-THE-BEST
ASSEMBLED AND GOING AFTER
VIOLENT DRUG GANGS IN 4820 DIE.
>> WE BRING TOGETHER DETROIT
POLICE THAT HAVE BEST STREET
LEVEL INTELLIGENCE WITH A-T-F
BEST AT TRAININGS GUNS WITH DEA
TRAFFICKING TRENDS NATIONALLY
AND INTERNATIONALLY.
WITH FBI THE BEST AT CONNECTING
THE DOTS WITH ALL THE
INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS.
MEDIA.
>> Reporter: REMEMBER THE
INSTAGRAM HIT LIST?
WELL THEY LEAVE DIGITAL
FOOTPRINT TO POLICE TO.
F MORE CLUES FOND ON
"YOUTUBE" VIDEOS PRODUCED INSIDE
OF THE RED ZONE PRODUCING
EVIDENCE THAT LEADS TO ARRES
FROM SIX SMILE AND 7-MILE GANGS.
LISTEN TO THIS.
THEY ARE CHARGING DRUG DEALING
GANG MEMBERS THE WAY MAFIA WAS
CHARGED W RACKETEERING.
>> THESE GANGS ARE JUST AS
ORGANIZED AS ORGANIZED CRIME
FAMILIES.
THEY HAVE A HIERARCHY, THEY ARE
ORGANIZED AND THEY ARE INVOLVED
THAT CONSTITUTE RACKETEERING.
>> Reporter: ASKING FOR
SENTENCES SOMETIMES OF OVER 100
YEARS BEHIND BARS.
AND IT IS WORKING.
IN DETROIT'S NINE PRECINCT.
HOME OF THE RED ZONE.
VIOLENT CRIME IS PLUMMETING.
>> 40 PERCENT DROP IN GUN
VIOLENCE IN NINTH PRECINCT WHERE
WE WERE WORKING.
SO WE ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
>> Reporter: POLICE TELLING
GANG MEMBERS IN OTHER ZIP CODES
AND PRECINCTS THE TALE OF THE
FALL OF THE RED ZONE.
OFFER RESOURCES TO GET OUT OF
GANGS AND GO LEGITIMATE.
>> DRUG HELP.
HOUSING, HELP.
>> Reporter: MESSAGE OF HOPE
TO PARENTS IN POOR NEIGHBORHOODS
KIDS.
>> BEING A CONCERNED MOM I DON'T
WANT MY SON IN IT.
HE IS 15.
AND PRETTY MUCH NEW TO DETROIT.
SO I DON'T WANT HIM IN A GANG.
>> Reporter: MCQUADE WILL GO
NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD
UNTIL THE VIOLENCE ENDS FIRST
OFFERING TO HELP PEOPLE GET OUT
OF GANGS.
AND BACK INTO SCHOOL OR IN TO
JOBS.
AND IF THEY REFUSE.
CHARGING THEM WITH CRIMES
INTENDED TO PUT PEOPLE AWAY FOR
DECADES NOT YEARS.
KEVIN DIETZ, DEFENDERS.
>> HOPEFULLY THE INITIATIVE
>> CRIMINALS ARE OFTEN OUT IN