VICTIMS AT A POPULAR SHOPPING AREA. HERE IS TOM COSTELLO. >> Reporter: IN ATLANTA TODAY, MULTIPLE PEOPLE SHOT AT A DOWNTOWN FOOD COURT. POLICE SAY THREE WERE WOUNDED, THE SUSPECT ALSO SHOT. >> SOMEBODY SCREAMED THERE IS A SHOOTING, THERE IS A SHOOTER, LIKE RUN. >> Reporter: IT COMES EVEN AS THE LATEST FBI CRIME STATS SHOW VIOLENT CRIME ACTUALLY DROPPED DRAMATICALLY DURING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR AFTER SURGING DURING THE PANDEMIC. AMONG THE 72% OF POLICE AGENCIES REPORTING TO THE FBI, MURDER DOWN 26% NATIONWIDE COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO. RAPE DOWN 25%, ROBBERY DOWN 17%. THE CITY BREAKOUT IN CHICAGO YEAR TO DATE, MURDERS DOWN 16%. D.C. DOWN 24%. SAN FRANCISCO DOWN 38%. PHILADELPHIA DOWN 41%. PHILLY'S POLICE COMMISSIONER KEVIN BETHEL. >> WE HAVE SPECIFIC TARGETED AREAS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE A LARGE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE. SO WE'RE REALLY BEING VERY STRATEGIC. >> Reporter: BUT NOT ALL CITIES ARE SEEING AN IMPROVEMENT. MURDERS ARE UP DOUBLE-DIGITS IN L.A., BATON ROUGE, KANSAS CITY, ORLANDO, WICHITA, AND COLORADO SPRINGS. IN POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, POLICE AND FEDERAL AGENTS JUST WRAPPED UP A SIX-WEEK SWEEP TARGETING GUNS AND DRUGS, ARRESTING 132 SUSPECTS AND CONFISCATING DOZENS OF WEAPONS. >> WE COME OUT. WE RISK OUR LIVES. WE CHASE DOWN THE BAD TEAM. >> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAMMERED HOME HIS EFFORTS TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE, EVEN AS HIS OWN SON WAS CONVICTED OF ILLEGALLY BUYING A FIREARM. >> WE ALL WANT OUR KIDS TO HAVE FREEDOM TO LEARN HOW TO READ AND WRITE IN SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF LEARNING HOW TO DUCK AND COVER, FOR GOD'S SAKE. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY REDUCING VIOLE