Shootings soar 205 percent after NYPD disbands anti-crime unit
By Sara Dorn and Dean Balsamini
July 4, 2020 | 4:36pm | Updated
It’s an anti-crime wave.
Gun violence exploded across the city after the NYPD disbanded its anti-crime unit of plainclothes cops on June 15, with three times as many shootings in the last two weeks of the month over the same period in 2019, police stats show.
And the shocking rise in gunfire — to 116 incidents from 38 between June 15 and June 2, a 205 percent increase — meant scores more victims were hurt or killed by bullets this year over last year.
Gunshot injuries skyrocketed to 157 from 47 in 2019, a 238 percent increase.
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