A woman walking on a Queens sidewalk was struck in the chest by a stray bullet, according to police, another instance of gun violence after a bloody holiday weekend for New York City
The shooting comes after another wave of holiday weekend violence struck NYC, with more than two dozen people shot, including three fatally, in more than a dozen incidents stretching into Tuesday.were actually down 12% versus 2021. NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said Wednesday that the city had entered its eleventh week of a decline in shootings and homicides.The first fatal shooting happened at 11:30 p.m. Monday at a deli in East New York.
At almost the same moment, in the Bronx, three people were shot on Prospect Avenue in the Belmont section. A 62-year-old man was killed, and two other men, 23 and 26, were hospitalized at St. Barnabas. But those were only the fatal incidents. In total, from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on July 4, 21 people were shot in 14 separate incidents in the city, two senior police officials tell News 4.Asked Tuesday whether he believed his administration's plan to combat the scourge of gun violence is working in light of the recent shootings, Mayor Eric Adams acknowledged crime is a top issue on the minds of New Yorkers right now.
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