NEW YORK, July 8 (Xinhua) — A gunman riding a scooter killed an 87-year-old man and injured three others in an indiscriminate shooting on Saturday, the New York Police Department (NYPD) said. ).
According to Acting NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban, the 25-year-old shooter was riding an illegal scooter when he shot the four in New York’s Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods.
The shots occurred at different locations shortly before noon and the shooter was apprehended in the early afternoon.
The NYPD recovered a 9mm pistol with an extended ammo magazine.
New York City recorded 482 shooting incidents in the first half of 2023, according to data released Thursday by the NYPD.
According to Gun Violence Archive, the United States has recorded more than 22,000 deaths from gun violence so far this year. END
2023-07-09 08:21:00
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