Two dead and 18 injured in several shootings this weekend in New York

Gun violence does not stop in New York, where several shootings this weekend they left at least 2 dead and 18 injured, during events during which at least one of them, police said, was linked to gangs.

On the one hand, Two men were killed, one in the Bronx and one in Manhattan, and eight other people were injured in separate incidents early Sunday morning.. According to police sources cited by the New York Post, of the 8 injured, 3 came from stray bullets when two groups started shooting at each other after an argument in Upper Manhattan.

In another episode, according to a video released by authorities, two individuals, wearing masks and hooded sweatshirts, arrived from a street corner in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, pulled out their guns. they were wearing hidden under their clothes and they started shooting at around 10:30 p.m. local time on Saturday (02:30 GMT) at a group of people, injuring 10 people.

There was a birthday party at a nearby restaurant and the sidewalk was crowded at the time of the shooting, which injured eight and two women, aged 19 to 72, according to data offered by the Police this Sunday at a press conference. Three of the wounded were the target of the shots, according to channel 7 of the ABC network.

The men were followed to the sidewalk by two more on motorcycles, in which they escaped the scene. Police say the injured will survive. “There is only one common and recurring theme that keeps happening and has to stop across town. It’s weapons, several weapons on the scene. This is unacceptable on our streets in New York and it must stop, ”said Chief Detective James Essig., at the conference.

Police, who have closed several streets in the area for investigation, have asked the public for help in locating the attackers.

EMERGENCY STATE

New York became on July 7 the the first state in the United States to declare an emergency generated by violence with firearms, and passed two laws that limit their sale and hold their manufacturers accountable for the consequences of acts committed with them.

“The only industry in the United States of America that is immune from prosecution is the firearms industry, but we will no longer defend that,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said as he signed a law which ends producers’ immunity from legal action, both when crime is on the rise in New York City and across the country.

Cuomo also ratified another law that prohibits the sale of weapons to persons with active warrants for committing a serious offense or felony, “Close the destructive legal vacuum of (the era of former Republican President Donald) Trump,” he added.

The declaration of emergency considers gun violence in New York State to be a public health crisis and it helps channel state resources to the most affected communities to address the problem immediately, Cuomo said in a statement.

The new strategy includes the creation of a gun violence prevention office and requires police stations to share incident information in order to locate the most problematic areas on a weekly basis and deploy resources there. where they are needed most.

Also, it provides for a investment of over $ 138 million in intervention and prevention programs. New state police unit to try to prevent illegal arms smuggling to New York from other states and strengthen collaboration with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice to help cities implement reforms policewomen.

This gun violence has intensified in New York and the rest of the country since the summer of 2020, after the first months of containment due to the pandemic. Homicides increased by 30% in major cities in 2020, according to the Republicans because of the laxity of the Democratic leaders.

President Joe Biden also introduced gun limit measures on June 23, but at the federal level Congress is heavily divided on the issue and Democrats are struggling to move the agenda forward.

(with EFE and AFP information)

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