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On top of a pandemic that took more than 25,000 lives, New York City endured a soul-crushing crime surge in 2020 — a 97% jump in shootings and a 45% surge in murders.
The NYPD released the sobering preliminary year-end stats Friday, eager to turn the page on a tally that recorded more shootings from mid-May through mid-September than in all of 2019.
When the ball fell in near-empty Times Square, the NYPD counted 462 murders across the city in 2020 — 143 more than in 2019.
Shootings were also up — cops counted 1,531 shooting incidents across the five boroughs, 754 more than in 2019, officials said. In those incidents, bullets hit 1,868 people.
The hasn’t been such alarming violence since 2006, when 1,565 shootings were reported, according to Police Commissioner Dermot Shea.
A 6-year-old boy was taken to Kings County Hospital with a gunshot wound to the left leg after he was shot on Crown St. and Nostrand Ave. in Brooklyn Sept. 7. (Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News)
The violence escalated the following week when 37 people were shot, prompting a surge that exploded after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis May 25, which set off protests, looting and rioting in the city that brought a response by thousands of cops.
By early summer, shootings had skyrocked, culiminating in a horrific July 4 weekend in which 41 people were shot, nine fatally, in one day — carnage that police say was primarily caused by street crews and gangs.
From the first week of June through the second week of September, 985 people were shot in the city, according to statistics. That was far ahead of the 777 people who were shot in all of 2019.
At the other end of the painful tally, there were decreases in rapes, robberies and assaults, although the stats showed jumps in burglaries and car thefts, officials said.
Overall crime was down slightly, by 1%. As of Dec. 27, some 94,314 felony crimes were reported in the city, 845 fewer than the year before.
The out-of-control bloodshed came as a new state law stripped judges of much of their discretion to keep potentially violent offenders behind bars, police say.
Shea and other officials blamed the bail reforms on the surge — and say the situation was worsened when scores of jailed prisoners were let out to mitigate the relentless coronavirus spread among that population. Advocates of the reform dispute Shea’s belief — but there was no disputing the carnage.
Early in the year, murders were up just slightly — by May 10, the tally stood at 108, up 4% from the 104 counted by the same time in 2019.
But shootings were up by May 10 by 14%, to 278 from 245 in the same period of 2019.
A man was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center in critical condition after he was shot five times in the torso at 1509 White Plains Rd. in the Bronx Aug. 29. (Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News)
The bullet spree’s youngest victim was Davell Gardner, a 1-year-old shot in his stroller after two men stepped out of a dark-colored SUV and opened fire at a cookout in Raymond Bush Playground in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, on July 12.
On Aug. 9, Christopher Ross, 53, whom friends described as a playground peacemaker who helped keep children safe, was fatally shot as he played handball at his favorite court in Crown Heights’ Lincoln Terrace Park, the victim of a stray bullet.
In November, seven people were shot, one fatally, during a “sweet 16″ after-party in Bedford-Stuyvesant, officials said.
And on Dec. 23, 16-year-old James Solano was shot in the head as he was ambushed in the doorway of a Bronx deli. Suspected gunman Marquis Beckford, 22, was arrested five days later.
“I see better times ahead,” Shea told reporters the same day Solano’s alleged killer was arrested. He vowed to sharpen the NYPD’s focus on violent street gangs and “get people off the street that are terrorizing neighborhoods.”
“This year, we will redouble our efforts to improve quality of life, better engage our young people and eliminate gang violence,” Shea said in a New Years message to his officers Friday.
“Make no mistake: We have a tough road ahead. The city needs you now more than ever. People are looking to our police department — and to you — for reassurance, guidance, and a sense that our city is under control.”
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea in Queens on Nov. 26. (Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News)
Violence adds to NYC’s 2020 death toll, with 97% jump in shootings and 45% increase in murders — criminal carnage not seen in 14 years
On top of a pandemic that took more than 25,000 lives, New York City endured a soul-crushing crime surge in 2020 — a 97% jump in shootings and a 45% surge in murders. The NYPD released the so…
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On top of a pandemic that took more than 25,000 lives, New York City endured a soul-crushing crime surge in 2020 — a 97% jump in shootings and a 45% surge in murders.
The NYPD released the sobering preliminary year-end stats Friday, eager to turn the page on a tally that recorded more shootings from mid-May through mid-September than in all of 2019.
When the ball fell in near-empty Times Square, the NYPD counted 462 murders across the city in 2020 — 143 more than in 2019.
Shootings were also up — cops counted 1,531 shooting incidents across the five boroughs, 754 more than in 2019, officials said. In those incidents, bullets hit 1,868 people.
The hasn’t been such alarming violence since 2006, when 1,565 shootings were reported, according to Police Commissioner Dermot Shea.
A 6-year-old boy was taken to Kings County Hospital with a gunshot wound to the left leg after he was shot on Crown St. and Nostrand Ave. in Brooklyn Sept. 7. (Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News)
The violence escalated the following week when 37 people were shot, prompting a surge that exploded after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis May 25, which set off protests, looting and rioting in the city that brought a response by thousands of cops.
By early summer, shootings had skyrocked, culiminating in a horrific July 4 weekend in which 41 people were shot, nine fatally, in one day — carnage that police say was primarily caused by street crews and gangs.
From the first week of June through the second week of September, 985 people were shot in the city, according to statistics. That was far ahead of the 777 people who were shot in all of 2019.
At the other end of the painful tally, there were decreases in rapes, robberies and assaults, although the stats showed jumps in burglaries and car thefts, officials said.
Overall crime was down slightly, by 1%. As of Dec. 27, some 94,314 felony crimes were reported in the city, 845 fewer than the year before.
The out-of-control bloodshed came as a new state law stripped judges of much of their discretion to keep potentially violent offenders behind bars, police say.
Shea and other officials blamed the bail reforms on the surge — and say the situation was worsened when scores of jailed prisoners were let out to mitigate the relentless coronavirus spread among that population. Advocates of the reform dispute Shea’s belief — but there was no disputing the carnage.
Early in the year, murders were up just slightly — by May 10, the tally stood at 108, up 4% from the 104 counted by the same time in 2019.
But shootings were up by May 10 by 14%, to 278 from 245 in the same period of 2019.
A man was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center in critical condition after he was shot five times in the torso at 1509 White Plains Rd. in the Bronx Aug. 29. (Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News)
The bullet spree’s youngest victim was Davell Gardner, a 1-year-old shot in his stroller after two men stepped out of a dark-colored SUV and opened fire at a cookout in Raymond Bush Playground in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, on July 12.
On Aug. 9, Christopher Ross, 53, whom friends described as a playground peacemaker who helped keep children safe, was fatally shot as he played handball at his favorite court in Crown Heights’ Lincoln Terrace Park, the victim of a stray bullet.
In November, seven people were shot, one fatally, during a “sweet 16″ after-party in Bedford-Stuyvesant, officials said.
And on Dec. 23, 16-year-old James Solano was shot in the head as he was ambushed in the doorway of a Bronx deli. Suspected gunman Marquis Beckford, 22, was arrested five days later.
“I see better times ahead,” Shea told reporters the same day Solano’s alleged killer was arrested. He vowed to sharpen the NYPD’s focus on violent street gangs and “get people off the street that are terrorizing neighborhoods.”
“This year, we will redouble our efforts to improve quality of life, better engage our young people and eliminate gang violence,” Shea said in a New Years message to his officers Friday.
“Make no mistake: We have a tough road ahead. The city needs you now more than ever. People are looking to our police department — and to you — for reassurance, guidance, and a sense that our city is under control.”
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea in Queens on Nov. 26. (Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News)