A 27 year old woman was shot in the torso in her Staten Island home yesterday afternoon, which prompted a huge response from the NYPD.
The incident occurred on Lyman Avenue in the Fort Wadsworth neighborhood, but it was not immediately clear if the shooting occurred inside or outside the home, he said. a police spokeswoman. The young woman was shot by someone she knew, according to the NYPD.
Police said they had two people in custody, but it was not clear what the motive for the shooting was, she summarized CBS2. None of those involved have been identified nor have charges been announced as of last night.
A couple of neighbors, who requested anonymity confirmed to Advance/SILive.com that a large police presence converged on the block after the shooting and that a woman who appeared to be conscious was taken away by ambulance. “This block is pretty quiet for the most part. It’s right across the street from a ballpark,” one of them said.
The victim was taken to Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze with serious injuries, police said.
NYPD statistics show that the number of shootings this year through Sunday 17 in April increased 9.9% in comparison with the same period of 2021, highlighted New York Post. And experts fear that the The situation worsens in the summer, traditionally the time with the most crime.
The wave of armed violence that the city is experiencing involves minor and adult gunmen, men and women, and victims of all ages. After the boom in 2020 and 2021 particularly among young members and/or gang victims, the 2022 continues with the same trend, putting a great challenge to the new mayor Adams, who has encountered obstacles within his own Democratic Party and leaders of “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) to face the crisis.
During his visit to NYC in February after the murder of two young Hispanic police officers in Harlem, President Joe Biden did support Mayor Adams’ plan to curb crime and gun violence. He also unveiled a national initiative against illegal arms trafficking.