As gun violence continues to increase in New York City, officials have released a new surveillance video of a shootout in the lobby of an apartment building in Brooklyn.
There were 242 shootings last month compared to the 91 recorded in August 2019, according to NYPD data.
Overall murders were also up in New York City for the first eight months of 2020 with 291 recorded when compared to the first eight months of 2019, which saw 217 through the end of August, an uptick of 34%.There were 1,276 robberies reported last month compared to 1,226 in August 2019, a 4.1% increase. Assaults also climbed in the Big Apple, with 2,027 last month compared to 1,987 in 2019, an increase of 2%.Travis Fedschun is a reporter for FoxNews.com.
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