{"id":106836,"date":"2021-01-02T00:45:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T00:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=106836"},"modified":"2021-01-02T00:45:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T00:45:40","slug":"nyc-shootings-in-2020-matched-prior-two-years-combined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/nyc-shootings-in-2020-matched-prior-two-years-combined\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC shootings in 2020 matched prior two years combined"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>More On:<\/h4>\n<h3>shootings<\/h3>\n<h2>NYC&#8217;s first homicide victim of 2021 identified by police<\/h2>\n<h2>&#8216;Public nuisance&#8217;: Officials want seedy NYC hotel closed after fatal shooting<\/h2>\n<h2>NYC woman hit by stray bullet in possible first shooting of 2021<\/h2>\n<h2>Triple shooting at Queens hotel believed to be first homicide of 2021<\/h2>\n<p>So many bullets flew in the Big Apple in 2020 that the number of shootings and gun victims matched the totals for the two prior years combined.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD statistics released Friday show that 1,868 people were hit by gunfire in 1,531 separate shooting incidents last year &#8212; matching the totals for both categories in 2018 plus 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Police reported a total of 1,820 victims and 1,531 shooting incidents in those two years, the stats show. <\/p>\n<p>The 2020 spike in violence comes after the five boroughs had seen a dip in gunplay between 2017 and 2019. <\/p>\n<p>But last year saw a resurgence in shootings amid lockdown restrictions over the coronavirus pandemic, a reinvigorated Black Lives Matter movement that called for defunding police and a state bail reform law that allowed many suspects to remain free without bail. <\/p>\n<p>The NYPD also disbanded its Street Crimes Unit in June due to cutbacks. <\/p>\n<h3>Share this article:<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/01\/nyc-shootings-in-2020-matched-prior-two-years-combined\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More On: shootings NYC&#8217;s first homicide victim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":106835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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