How to get people out of street gangs

In 2014there was a record number of shootings in Ottawa 49 and police say the alarming spike comes as rival street gangs fight over drug territory.

JabariLindsay, a youth social worker from the Toronto area, was live on CBC Radio'sOntario Todayto discuss gang exit strategies, then joined us here for a live web chat.

Lindsay is the Manager of Youth Development for the City of Toronto.He's led a number of youth gang exit programs and spokento severalcommunities across Ontarioconcerned about gang violence.

It's all part of CBC Ottawa's Under The Gun series on gang violence and how to stop it.

• More on CBC Ottawa's Under the Gun series
• Ottawa's gang violence result of power struggles over drug trade, rivalries
• Guns too easy for Ottawa gangs to get, police say