China News Agency, Los Angeles, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-four people have been shot in the last week in Los Angeles, California, in a situation police described as "disturbing."

　　According to the American City News Agency and other media on April 20, Los Angeles Police Chief Mike Moore told the Los Angeles Police Commission on the 19th that Los Angeles has just had a "disturbing week", a total of 34 people were shot in the city, and a large number of people were shot. Some of the shootings involved typical street violence, including gang fights.

　　It is worth noting that the police revealed that these shooting incidents were relatively concentrated, and 23 shooting incidents occurred in the 77th Street and southeast precincts of the Los Angeles Police Department, covering Chesterfield Square, Athens Park, Gramercy Park , Avalon Gardens, Gardena Avenue and more.

The Los Angeles Police have increased the deployment of patrols in the above-mentioned key areas, and the gang reduction and youth development project personnel of the Los Angeles Mayor's Office have also been dispatched to key areas to carry out work and achieved certain results.

　　Mike Moore reiterated that the most important issue at the moment is that "too many people have too many guns" in the city of Los Angeles.

Taking the 77th block as an example, after increasing law enforcement efforts, the police have arrested 16 people and seized 20 guns, many of which are assault rifles.

　　In the first three months of 2022, the number of shootings across the city continued to decline compared with the same period last year, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

But in April, the number of gun violence and homicides in Los Angeles was on the rise again.

So far in April, 70 people have been shot in Los Angeles, up from 55 at the same time last year.

This year, violent crimes in Los Angeles have increased by 7.1% year-on-year, mainly involving serious assaults, street robberies and commercial store robberies.

In a two-year period, violent crime in Los Angeles rose 15.2 percent.

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