New york gun violence spike. Nycrecorded its 777 shooting saturday after a 24 year old was admitted to a bronx hospital according to the new york post. New york city fifteen shootings seven of which were fatal on sunday. A 200 percent spike in gun violence from this point last year.
Data shows the fbi processed 52252 background checks for people seeking to buy firearms in the state in june a 121 increase from june 2019 the new york post reported saturday. New york citys 1000th shooting victim of 2020 was shot over the weekend and this years number of shootings and gun violence victims is about to equal the previous two years combined. Growing concern over new york citys efforts to stem the.
Amid violence that recalls the crack era of the 1980s and early 1990s cops made 6337 arrests in the 28 days leading up to monday down 62 from the 16676 arrests made in the same period of 2019.