Eleven people are shot in less than 12 hours in New York City, including a 30-year-old woman who received a blow to the head and is in critical condition.
- Eleven people were shot in New York City in less than 12 hours last weekend, according to New York police.
- The shooting took place in Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Manhattan between 5:30 p.m. M. Saturday and around 5 a.m. M. Sunday, the sources said.
- Most of the victims are expected to live, but a woman who was shot in the head remained in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital, New York police say.
- Gun-related violence has led to the count of shootings from Monday to 59, with a total of 81 victims, including six who were fatally killed during the year.
- In comparison, there were nine murders in all of 2019, but only 26 shootings during the same period last year.
Eleven people were shot in New York City in less than 12 hours last weekend.
The shootings took place in Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Manhattan between 5:30 p.m. M. Saturday and around 5 a.m. M. Sunday, sources reported to the New York Post.
While most victims are expected to live, a 30-year-old woman who was shot in the head on Frost Avenue in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn early Sunday morning remained in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital, police say New York.
In another shooting caught on the Citizen app video, police were seen in the video responding to a man shot in the leg in East Harlem at 4 p.m. by two suspects that police are seeking, reports WABC 7.
And a third shooting about 90 minutes later in Jamaica, Queens left an injured man near 107th Street.
Officers appear at the scene of a shooting in East Williamsburg that left a man and woman shot. The female victim remains in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital
In another shooting caught on the Citizen app video, police were seen in the video responding to a man who was shot in the leg in East Harlem.
And a third shooting about 90 minutes later in Jamaic, a Queens left an injured man near 107th Street. Officers are photographed investigating the scene.
Gun-related violence has led to the count of shootings from Monday to 59, with a total of 81 victims, including six who were fatally killed during the year, the Post reports.
In comparison, there were nine murders throughout 2019, but only 26 shootings during the same period last year.
New York Police Department Chief Terry Monahan says June has seen the highest number of shootings in two decades.
The chief blamed the shooting over the weekend on the city’s bail law, a reform that police have criticized for suspending bail requirements for non-violent criminals, reports WABC 7.
Monahan also said that the release of inmates from the Rikers Island City Jail on coronavirus concerns has contributed to the increase in gun violence.
He also noted “animosity” towards the police in the wake of George Floyd’s police-related murder in Minneapolis on Memorial Day.
New York Police Department Chief Terry Monahan says June has seen the highest number of shootings in two decades
Floyd, a 46-year-old black man and father of five children, died after former police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee to the man’s neck for nearly nine minutes during an arrest.
Video footage of the incident taken by a viewer shows the police-related massacre, sparking protests by Black Lives Matter who have continued to call for an end to police brutality and systematic racism across the country.
‘If you listen to the City Council, they want less vigilance. They want to liquidate the police, Monahan said.
“But as I look out there right now, with the violence ongoing, it is not a good sign,” he said, asking the council and the community for further guidance.
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