Those incidents were among the 242 shootings New York City recorded last month, more than twice as many as in August 2019. The steep uptick, which has lasted throughout the summer and has pushed the city past 1,000 shootings before Labor Day, has rattled neighborhoods across all five boroughs. Here’s what we know about the gun violence:New York City is experiencing a surge in shootings and murders. The city has tallied 791 shootings since May, a roughly 140 percent increase over the same period in 2019. The 180 murders between May and August are also a more than 50 percent increase compared with last year.

Source: New York Times September 03, 2020 09:45 UTC