Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

There have been three more shootings in the 70th Precinct this year
to date compared to last – 16 shootings compared to 13, not including
the most recent shooting. In the 79th Precinct there have been 43 shooting
incidents so far this year, compared to 34 by this time last year – 48 victims
compared to 45.
Yet some neighbors say they feel their neighborhood is actually getting safer.
“It is safer,†said Mahammad Ali, who has worked in the neighborhood for 30
years. “It is not getting worse; it is getting better – that’s what I feel.â€
“I think it’s gotten safer, I really do. This is just an isolated incident, last night,â€
said David Meisel, who has lived in the neighborhood for 25 years. “I live here,
and just walking the streets I feel safer.”
One Flatbush resident told NY1 he thinks it’s obvious why some city neighborhoods
aren’t showing a decline.
“I’d like to see more guns off the streets,” he said.
Citywide, there have been fewer shooting victims and incidents this year compared
to last. Police say that so far this year they’ve had the fewest murders since they
began keeping records.

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A 25-year-old man was killed after three people were shot at East 21st Street and
Dorchester Road in Flatbush a little before 10:30 p.m. Police say a 23-year-old woman
was shot on the same corner and taken to a local hospital in stable condition. A
50-year-old woman was found wounded in a nearby apartment and also taken to the
hospital in stable condition.
Around 1:30 a.m., two men were shot at Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street in Bedford
Stuyvesant. Police say a 33-year-old man died after being shot multiple times. A
25-year-old man was also shot. He was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Three people were shot on 91st Street and Clarkson Street in East Flatbush. Police say
a 16-year-old boy was among the victims. All three were taken to Brookdale Hospital.
There are also reports that a man was shot in Flatbush at Newkirk Avenue and Flatbush
Avenue.
Police have not made any arrests in any of these incidents.
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