Report: NYPD investigating more than a dozen shootings
FILE – In this Dec. 31, 2015, file photo, a New York City police officer sits in a cruiser at a checkpoint surrounding Times Square during New Year’s Eve celebrations in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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UPDATED 9:40 AM PT — Sunday, June 21, 2020
New York City authorities are reportedly investigating more than a dozen shootings that occurred over a 12-hour span this weekend. On Saturday, the New York Police Department reported around 19 people were injured in more than a dozen shootings that took place after midnight.
Several shootings also occurred on Friday, leaving one resident dead and nine injured.
Officers have warned defunding the police could lead to more gun violence. Others blamed the city’s bail reform policy for putting dangerous criminals back on the streets.
“My message to the people of this city is that you can’t expect crime to go down when criminals are constantly let out of jail. Bail reform is not working, we said it wasn’t going to work. The government and city officials have failed the people of this city.” – Paul Digiacomo, President of the Detectives Endowment Association
This is the first weekend since the police commissioner dissolved undercover anti-crime units across every precinct.