City officials continue to work towards stopping the recent spike of violence in Albany.

Friday, the district attorney spoke about the problem on the streets for the first time and called for its end, the same day his office prosecuted a man believed to be behind one of last month's deadly shootings. 

Shaquille Moore, 26, appeared in front of a judge as he pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the killing of 20-year-old Equan Fallen back in June. The deadly Livingston Avenue  shooting was the city of Albany's fourth homicide of the year. 

The city has now seen eight homicides this year, which is the same number seen all of last year. At least 13 people have been shot since the beginning of July in Albany.

"It doesn't matter if that shot found another human being or that shot proved to be fatal the problem is we have a whole host of shots being fired in our community," said District Attorney David Soares.

The DA's office runs the Community Justice Outreach Center, which works to get out proactively in the community. Soares says this violence stems from the use of illegal guns on the streets.

"To allow those individuals to remain in the community places everyone's lives at risk," he said.

Soares says neighbors need to speak up with information, and there are measures in place to keep their identities hidden.

Soares says his office has a zero tolerance policy for guns in place, and he's hopeful working together can stop what is yet another deadly summer in the city.