The gun violence epidemic in New York City took its toll again Sunday night, with at least 10 people shot, one fatally, in less than six hours around the city.
Teenagers, elders, innocent people sitting on benches and walking dogs - no one was immune from the epidemic on what was otherwise a nice summer evening.
After an out-of-control surge at the start of the year, shootings abated somewhat, as the NYPD and City Hall reacted with a variety of new measures. But the last couple of weeks have seen a resurgence of gun violence, with the week ending July 10 being by far the worst of the last year for both total shooting incidents and victims.
Even for a city jaded by rising violence, the numbers of late have been unusually high. Since July 1, there have been an average of 6.4 shootings per day in New York City, according to a News 4 analysis of NYPD data -- versus an average 3.5 a day in the period of Jan. 1 to June 30 this year.
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4 Shot in Brooklyn
Four people were shot in Brooklyn Sunday evening, and one victim, a teenager, was seriously wounded, a senior law enforcement official said.
The NYPD confirmed it responded to the Tilden Houses in the Brownsville section just after 8 p.m. Sunday.
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According to a senior police official, one of the four victims was 16 years old and was in grave condition. Another victim was shot in the stomach, a third was grazed by a bullet and the fourth refused medical attention, the official said.
Innocent Woman Shot in Brooklyn
The shootings at the Tilden Houses added to the toll of a violent night in Brooklyn. About 90 minutes earlier, a woman was sitting in the courtyard of the Pink Houses in East New York when a bullet struck her in the stomach.
Police responded to the Pink Houses in East New York just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday and found the woman, who'd been sitting on a bench in the complex's courtyard when she suddenly felt pain.
The woman was taken to Brookdale Hospital and is expected to survive her wounds. An investigation is ongoing.
3 Shot in the Bronx
Just before 9 p.m., the evening's third incident happened on Bristow Street in the Morrisania section of the Bronx.
Around 8:45 p.m., a woman, 22, was walking her dog when she felt pain; it turned out she'd been shot in the leg. She was taken to St. Barnabas and will be ok.
Five minutes later, a mother and daughter, ages 46 and 13, were shot inside a building on Southern Boulevard; both were taken to Jacobi Medical Center and will be okay. Police says two people on bicycles firing as they rode by were responsible for both incidents.
2 Manhattan Shootings
Manhattan saw its share of violence Sunday night as well. About 11 p.m. in the area of West 115th Street in front of the King Tower Houses, a man, 34, was shot in the head. The victim, Sean Tinsley of the Bronx, was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he died.
Just moments after midnight, around 22nd Street and Sixth Avenue, two men got into a dispute and one fired, grazing the 32-year-old victim in the chin. He was taken to Bellevue for treatment.
