Shootings in the Big Apple rose more than 5% during the first seven months of the year, the NYPD said Tuesday — hours before Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged $9 million to combat gun violence in Brooklyn.
Official CompStat figures show there were 448 incidents in which at least one person was shot from Jan. 1 through July 31, NYPD brass said during a morning news conference at One Police Plaza.
That total represents a 5.2% increase over the same time period in 2018, when there were 426 shooting incidents.
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