(CNSNews.com) - Ten people were murdered in New York City last week, according to a report released by the New York Police Department.
In the seven days from Monday, April 10, through Sunday, April 16, ten people were murdered in the city, according to the NYPD’s weekly CompStat report. That works out to an average of one murder every 16.8 hours.
In addition to the ten people who were murdered in New York City last week, there were also 18 rapes, 317 robberies and 566 felony assaults.
In the first 106 days of 2023 (January 1 through April 16), 113 people have been murdered in New York City, according to the NYPD report.
During those 106 days there were also 429 rapes, 4,417 robberies and 7,338 felony assaults.
Those 7,338 felony assault in the first 106 days of this year work out to about 69 per day—or one every 21 minutes.
On March 20, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office put out a statement saying that “New York remains one of the safest big cities in the U.S.”
One of the 10 people murdered in New York City last week was a teenage boy shot in a subway station.
The New York Daily News reported on April 12: “A 17-year-old boy was fatally shot execution-style and a second 17-year-old was wounded in a melee that stretched down two sets of staircases at a Bronx subway station, police said Tuesday.
“Police said the slain teen, who was shot in his head, arm and shoulder, was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center by medics but could not be saved," the Daily News reported.
Another murder took the life of a 26-year-old man.
The Daily News described it this way: “The victim was found shot once in the head at the intersection of E. 123rd St. and Lexington Ave. around 6:20 p.m., according to cops.
A 25-year-old man was shot to death last Thursday on Staten Island.
“The unidentified victim suffered a gunshot wound to the head about 10:45 p.m. in front of a home on Wright St. near Van Duzer St. in Tompkinsville, according to cops,” said the Daily News.
A 45-year-old man was shot outside a cemetery early on Saturday morning.
“Devon Millington was outside Woodlawn Cemetery near the corner of Jerome and Bainbridge Aves. About 5:45 a.m. when he was shot in the head, cops said,” the Daily News reported.
In reporting a murder that occurred on Saturday, the Daily News story carried this headline: “Three kids home when ex-con stabs woman to death in East Harlem apt.”