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State Chapters => NY/NJ => Topic started by: rangerrebew on October 04, 2020, 02:33:54 pm
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NYC’s crime wave reaches new height as this year’s murder tally surpasses all of 2019
By Craig McCarthy
October 2, 2020 | 5:40pm
New York City surpassed another grim crime milestone last month, as the number of murders blew past all of 2019’s tally — and there are still three months remaining in 2020, according to new data.
The NYPD recorded 51 murders last month, or nearly double the 2019 figure for September — pushing the total number of homicides this year to 344. That is already the highest overall annual figure the city has seen since 2013, when 335 slayings were logged for that year, NYPD data shows.
If the current pace holds, murders could surpass 400 for the year.
https://nypost.com/2020/10/02/current-nycs-murder-tally-just-surpassed-all-of-2019-nypd-data/