Bloody night in New York: 12 people were killed in the city in 3 hours, 8 were wounded

Thursday night, June 17, was very bloody in New York. In the city, 10 people were wounded from firearms, three of them eventually died. The details were told by the publication ABC.

The wave of violence began on the evening of June 16. The first victim died in a shooting at the intersection of East 194th Street and Marion Avenue in the Bronx. Catherine Diop, 29, was fatally wounded at around 23:30 pm. The neighbors said that they had a barbecue in the house, there was a quarrel between neighbors over the noise at the late hour, someone brought a pistol and opened fire. Diop was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at the scene. Neighbors said that she had a 7-year-old daughter.

Her 31-year-old brother was injured several times. The police put a tourniquet on him to stop the bleeding and took him to the hospital in a stable condition. As of Thursday morning, June 17, no arrests have been made in this case.

20 minutes before the murder of Diop, there was a shooting in Bushwick. A 30-year-old man was wounded in it. He was taken to the hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. One person is in custody on suspicion of committing this murder.

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At around 22:50 pm on June 16, a 23-year-old man was shot in the face in front of the Marlboro Houses office in Brooklyn. He was taken to the hospital, but doctors were unable to save his life. There are two people in custody in this case.

In addition to these cases, six more people received gunshot wounds of varying severity during the night in the city.

In New York as a whole, shooting incidents increased by 64,2% compared to the same period in 2020. This year, as of the morning of June 17, 634 shootings were committed; in 2020, 386 shots were fired in the city during this period.

Punishment for kindness

In addition to gunshot attacks, knife attacks have also become more frequent in New York. A good Samaritan who broke up a fight in the city metro suffered from one of them, writes New York Post.

The 34-year-old was stabbed five times while trying to break up a fight on the platform of the 59th Street-Columbus Circle station in Manhattan.

At about 23:20 pm on June 16, a quarrel and a fight broke out between a man and a woman on the platform, which a passenger who happened to be nearby tried to separate. As a result, the man stabbed the victim five times in the torso.

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After that, the victim was able to run into the train. The wounded man got off at the 125th Street station, where he reported the incident to the police. He was taken to the hospital in a stable condition.

Police said the man and woman who provoked the incident were soon arrested: 42-year-old Lewis Correa was charged with assault and illegal possession of weapons; 32-year-old Danielle Elliot was accused of illegal drug possession and assault on a person. Both arrested people live at the same address in Crown Heights, although the police did not specify in what relationship or kinship they are.