After weeks of extreme violence in Washington's Trinidad neighborhood, the FBI (web) is stepping in to help out the Safe Streets Task Force keep crime down.

The Safe Streets Task Force, which includes the FBI, canvassed the Northeast neighborhood. FBI officials said they did drum up leads in an effort to solve a crime that rocked the neighborhood and devastated a family.

"I can't believe he's gone." Delores Redrick clutched onto an old picture of her 13-year-old great-grandson Alonzo Robinson because it comforts a sorrow she can't shake. "This is all I have to hold on to. It's just like he's still here."

Alonzo was visiting Redrick from Alabama, but while spending time with his grandfather in Trinidad late Friday night, gunfire erupted out of a passing car, hitting a crowd of people outside.

Alonzo's one night out would tragically be his last. "Somebody that heartless needs to be off the streets," said

Days later, D.C. Police continued to stop cars and question drivers. One resident said, "I seen some people with FBI on the back of their shirt."

Recently, the scope of the investigation widened. FBI agents working on the Safe Streets Task Force combed the area searching for leads and answers.

"We need to develop leads." Joe Persichini with the FBI's Washington field office said closing the case is critical. "We need to solve that. We need to find out who committed that crime and let them face justice."

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