Murders increased 8% in New York City last year, even as overall serious crime declined, according to the NYPD
New York City recorded a rise in murders, shootings, robberies and assaults in 2019, even as overall serious crime fell, New York Police Department officials said Monday.
The number of murders in the city rose to 318 last year, up about 8% from 295 in 2018, according to the NYPD. The increase stemmed in part from the reclassification of deaths that occurred in previous years and from gang- and drug-related killings, police officials said. The officials also attributed the increase to a rise in deaths associated with domestic...
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