Nearly 30 Shot In New York In One Weekend As Spate Of Violence Continues

Nearly 30 people have been shot in New York this weekend alone, law enforcement sources confirmed, as the spate of gun-related violence continues in the "Big Apple."

One victim, an 18-year-old man, succumbed to his bullet wounds and died on Friday, May 21, reported Polish News.

“These kids are having running gun battles and innocents are getting shot,” a veteran New York Police Department police officer said, blaming gang warfare for the increasing violence in the city. “Nobody is interested in hearing how many shots are fired but if people knew how many shootings occurred where there are no victims, it’s by the grace of God.”

On Friday, May 21st, an 18-year-old boy was shot in his throat at Beach 30th Street and Seagirt Boulevard in Far Rockaway, Queens. He was rushed to St. Johns Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.

An 83-year-old man also succumbed to his injuries after being brutally assaulted by a fellow resident at his Bronx nursing home, reported WNBC.

In another incident, Mollie Bracewell, a Manhattan federal prosecutor, was grazed by a bullet while dining outside at Muse restaurant in Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights neighborhood on Friday night, May 21.

The restaurant turned into a warzone in an instant after two rival gangs opened fire against each other in the area. Bracewell was immediately rushed to Kings County Hospital after experiencing head pains. An X-Ray revealed that a bullet fragment from the gunshots had struck her left eye.

“They shot the glass door and the glass door was broken,” Muse manager Onvadee Bunsri said. “The customers were down on the floor. Everyone was down on the floor.”

In another incident, a 17-year-old allegedly indiscriminately opened fire after a gang dispute in a park. Benjamin Bustamante, who was walking nearby, got shot in the foot by a stray bullet that the minor shot.

“This is Brooklyn in the 1970s and 1980s,” one resident said. “I didn’t feel like I would live through this twice.”

According to The New York Post, the number of shootings has skyrocketed 82 percent this year compared to the same period last year, NYPD data revealed.

“Shootings and murders have ravaged minority neighborhoods the past year and their silence has been deafening,” said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.