Strange Reporting

Two articles in one, from the LVRJ:
Police were looking for three men Saturday night in connection with the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old man in a rundown neighborhood south of downtown Las Vegas....
And this:
Officer C. Pollock, a patrol cop who was on traffic control duty in the aftermath, said every once in a while something bad will happen in the neighborhood, which some people call Naked City, and police will ramp up their presence. But for the most part, it’s been pretty quiet on the crime front — until Saturday afternoon.
At least two dozen people who live a block from the shooting said they did not know the victim, and they have had few problems with the neighborhood.  http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/shooting-leaves-one-person-dead-near-downtown-las-vegas
So, this supposed run down area is also, according to it's residents, not too bad to live in with few problems.
Which is it?