{"id":61706,"date":"2020-08-16T17:36:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T17:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=61706"},"modified":"2020-08-16T17:36:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T17:36:36","slug":"14-killed-by-gunfire-this-week-as-nyc-shootings-skyrocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=61706","title":{"rendered":"14 killed by gunfire this week as NYC shootings skyrocket"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"New York, August 16, 2020 : New York City\u2019s latest bloody week of gunfire saw 76 people injured, including 14 murdered \u2014 with almost two-and-a-half times more shootings than the same week last year, according to police sources.<\/p>\n

As of 7 a.m., the previous week saw 62 separate shootings \u2014 a dramatic rise over the 26 during the same week last year, sources said.<\/p>\n

Among the 76 hurt in the latest surge of gunplay, there were 14 murders \u2014 again more than the 10 for the same period in 2019, the sources said.<\/p>\n

The latest fatalities included a man who was shot dead just after 2 a.m. at the entrance of Brooklyn\u2019s Prospect Park, NYPD sources said.<\/p>\n

Photos showed a distraught woman comforting a man dressed all in white who appeared to have collapsed in grief as others soon gathered around a body being carried off in a stretcher.<\/p>\n

It continued a particularly bloody weekend that had already seen at least 11 people shot overnight from Friday until Saturday morning, with four fatalities \u2014 including 28-year-old city Correction Officer John Jeff who was gunned down at a party in Queens.<\/p>\n

The alarming surge by the beginning of this month already saw more shootings this year than the whole of 2019 \u2014 with five months to go.
\nAs officials squabble over the cause, scared New Yorkers have even started buying bulletproof vests in record numbers.<\/p>\n