Murders down, shootings up in New York City, Daily News finds
The NYPD recorded 328 homicides across the five boroughs in 2014, according to unofficial numbers tallied by the Daily News, compared to the murder count of 335 for 2013. But 100 more people were shot in 2014 than the year prior.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Thursday, January 1, 2015, 12:53 PM
Updated: Thursday, January 1, 2015, 12:53 PM
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DEBBIE EGAN-CHIN/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSPolice investigate the October beating death of Jeida Torres, 3, at a homeless shelter — one of the 328 murders in New York City in 2014.
Another year has gone by — accompanied by another drop in New York City's murder rate.
The NYPD recorded 328 homicides across the five boroughs in 2014, according to unofficial numbers tallied by the Daily News. The murder count for 2013 totaled 335.
Brooklyn had the most murders in 2014 with 119, followed by the Bronx with 95, Queens with 63, Manhattan with 36 and Staten Island with 15.
BRYAN PACE/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWSKings County District Attorney Ken Thompson in November announced 32 gang arrests and the seizure of these guns. Shootings rose in 2014 to 1,390.
Staten Island’s tally was more than double the seven homicides the borough saw in 2013.
But while overall murders were down, shootings were on the rise.
TODD MAISEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSCops probe the shooting of two people Oct. 6 in Marine Park, Brooklyn. Shootings increased by 100 between 2013 and 2014.
Approximately 1,390 people were shot by the close of 2014, according to the Daily News tally — over 100 more than were wounded by gunfire in 2013.
Shootings skyrocketed in the city during the spring, leading Police Commissioner Bill Bratton to create a new operation in which cops who normally sat behind a desk walked the beat in the city’s most crime-ridden neighborhoods.
The city was on track to see reductions in overall crime, and specifically in burglaries, robberies, rapes and felony assaults, pending final statistics, officials said.
