The U.S. Surgeon General recently declared a national public health crisis over gun violence. One Oklahoma City nonprofit is fighting to change outcomes in its community. LiveFree OKC is a Community-Based Violence Intervention program based in Oklahoma City’s Eastside community. The organization’s leaders believe they’ve made a difference in their first year and they say the numbers bear that out. There have been three homicides in Northeast OKC this year. In 2023, there were 12 homicides in the area, according to police.