New York City Hit With Violent Crimes During Holiday Season

New York City Hit With Violent Crimes During Holiday Season
NYPD officers respond to the scene of a shooting that left multiple people injured in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough on April 06, 2021 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
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New York has been hit with a spate of violent crime this holiday season ranging from multiple shootings and an attempted rape, to terrorizing apartment residents with a sword and threatening subway passengers, according to recent reports from the NYPD.

According to figures given to Fox News on Monday by the New York Police Department (NYPD), there were 17 incidents of shootings and 21 shooting victims reported from Friday through Sunday. There were also five homicides reported. Last year, during the same period, there were zero incidents of homicides and 14 shootings with 16 victims.
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