China News Service, December 9th. According to the US "World Journal" report, the New York City Police Department data shows that compared with the same period in 2019, the number of local shootings in the first 11 months of 2020 has increased by nearly 96%. The New York Police Department Secretary Shay said on the 8th that this kind of "unseen surge" has not been seen in 14 years.

  According to the New York Post, data from the New York City Police Department shows that as of December 7, 2020, there have been 1,433 shootings in New York City, with a total of 1,756 victims of gun violence, almost twice the number in the same period in 2019. .

On December 4, local time, a shooting occurred in the Bronx area of ​​New York City, the United States, injuring two to three marshals and a gun suspect.

The picture shows the police pulling up a cordon at the scene of the incident.

  The data also shows that in November alone, there were 115 shootings in New York City; another 28 murders occurred in November, which also increased the murder rate by 38%.

  In addition, compared with the same period in 2019, other cases have also seen a rising trend, including rape, burglary and car theft.

New York Police Commissioner Shea reminded the public to be careful of parcel theft during the holiday season. “Many suspects believe this is a low-risk, high-reward behavior.”

  New York Police Department Chief Shea attributed part of the reason for the increase to the bail reform implemented earlier in 2020. "We have seized a large number of illegal guns and arrested most of the felons involved in the case. The arrest was almost completed without firing a shot."

  Shay said, but three or four days later, these people returned to the streets to resume their old professions and commit more gun-related violence.

He pointed out that the number of shootings in New York City in 2020 will reach the highest level in 14 years.

He said that he does not believe that violence will disappear as the epidemic spreads. “The new crown epidemic will not be the end of everything.”

  However, New York Mayor De Blasio refuted the view that blamed the bail reforms. He pointed out that New York City was experiencing multiple crises at the same time.

"Everything experienced in 2020 is unprecedented in the history of New York."

  At the press conference, Bai Sihao said that the global public health crisis, hundreds of thousands of deaths, hospitals are overwhelmed, economic stagnation, school closures, religious sites closed, society has lost its normal foundation, and it is impossible to combine all of these at the same time. together.