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76 injured, 14 killed by gunfire this week as NYC shootings skyrocket
2020-08-17
[NYPOST] New York City’s latest bloody week of gunfire saw 76 people injured, including 14 murdered — with almost two-and-a-half times more shootings than the same week last year, according to police sources.As of 7 a.m., the previous week saw 62 separate shootings — a dramatic rise over the 26 during the same week last year, sources said.

Among the 76 hurt in the latest surge of gunplay, there were 14 murders — again more than the 10 for the same period in 2019, the sources said.

The latest fatalities included a man who was rubbed out just after 2 a.m. at the entrance of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, NYPD sources said.

Photos showed a distraught woman comforting a man dressed all in white who appeared to have collapsed in grief as others soon gathered around a body being carried off in a stretcher.

It continued a particularly bloody weekend that had already seen at least 11 people shot overnight from Friday until Saturday morning, with four fatalities — including 28-year-old city Correction Officer John Jeff who was bumped off at a party in Queens.



Posted by:Fred

#3  The shooters are getting more accurate - must be all the practice they are getting these days.
Posted by: Glenmore   2020-08-17 10:24  

#2  64 shot, 5 fatally, across Chicago this weekend
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-08-17 09:31  

#1  Those are Chicago numbers. The old pre-Beetlejuice Chicago.
Posted by: Jack Choluck6836   2020-08-17 02:38  

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