Shootings have left nearly 30 injured in New York City this weekend the incidents occurred between Friday and Sunday
Shootings leave nearly 30 injured in New York over weekend
Nearly 30 people were shot this weekend in New York. One of whom died, police sources in the city confirmed, figures that indicate the continuation of the wave of violence in the metropolis.
According to the local media New York Post, the incidents occurred between Friday and Sunday at 14.00 local time (18.00 GMT). Although the most violent hours were in the early hours of Saturday to Sunday. When 11 people were injured in a short period of time.
The source consulted by local media, described as a veteran NYPD officer, claims that most of the events are the result of street gang activity. While these numbers are still a far cry from the worst years of violence in New York in the 1990s, the officer warned that two more shootings occurred Sunday afternoon.
The victims were an 18-year-old man who was fatally shot in the neck on Friday and a female prosecutor who was injured when a bullet grazed her face while she was dining on the terrace of a restaurant in Brooklyn.
In addition to the shootings, two other men died Friday, one stabbed in northern Brooklyn, and another after being beaten in the northeast Bronx.
