Public Open Space: Crime & Safety - 2021

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New York City: Shooting in City Surged 200% - Year-to-Date Figures Show Number of Shooting Up Over 83/5 From Previous Year

New York City: Ex-Con Arrested for Spewing Anti-Asian Threats at Undercover NYPD Cop Back on the Street - Critics Outraged By City’s “Revolving Door Justice System”

Worchester, Massachusetts: Lifeguard Stabbed and Beaten After Telling Rowdy Group to Stop Partying; 17-Year-Old Lifeguard Attacked with Knife and Stick at Local Park Beach - Suffers Non-Lethal Injuries

New York City: Police Arrest Suspect For Shoving Woman Into Moving Subway Train at Times Square Station in Unprovoked Attack; 42-Year-Old Woman Was on Train Platform Around 8:15 AM When She Was Pushed - Striking The Side of Oncoming Train - Causing Serious Injuries; 29-Year-Old Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder Has At Last 7 Prior Arrrests

New York City: City Sees Bloodiest Week This Year With 46 Separate Shootings; Gun Violence Continues to Soar - 50 People Shot in One Week

Brooklyn, NYC: ; 5-Year-Old Girl Grazed by Bullet In Front of Home in Broad Daylight; Mom of Girl Laments Worsening Climate of Crime ‘The Streets Have Gotten Worse’

Brooklyn, NYC: Man 24 Fatally Shot in Public Housing Building; Victim Shot in Torso During Dispute With Another Man inside NYCHA Building at Farragut Houses

2021

Riverside, California: Woman Stabbed to Death While Walking Her Dogs in Random Morning Attack; Female Suspect Taken Into Custody by Police; Perp Had Recently Been Arrested For Separate Incident But Was Released Due to Covid-19 Protocol

Manhattan, NYC: 75-Year-Old Woman Randomly Slugged in the Face - by Man in Upper Manhattan - Calls on City Officials to do Something About Growing Mental Health Crisis

New York City: Man Arrested in Connection with 4 Separate Stabbing Attacks on A-Train Subway Line; Two Stabbings Fatal - All Victims Appear to Be Homeless

Bronx, NY: Teenager Charged in Fatal Stabbing of 17-Year-Old Bronx Boy Was Free To Roam Streets Despite Lengthy Rap Sheet; Uncle of Slay Victim Slams Justice System For Repeat Offender Who Killed Nephew

San Leandro, California: 11-Year-Old and Teenager Arrested in Attack and Robbery of 80-Year-Old Asian Man; Elderly Man Assaulted In His Own Driveway (See Video)

Brooklyn, NYC: Woman Assaulted at East Williamsburg Subway Station; Woman Punched by Stranger Becomes Fifth Attack Victim at Same Subway Stop

Bronx, NYC: Bronx Bus Driver Credits Good Samaritan For Saving Life When Attacked; West African Immigrant Riding Bus Thwarts Assault on Bus Driver, Hero Holds Assailant Until Cops Arrive to Make Arrest

New York City: Drug Store Shelves Empty Amid Shoplifting Surge; Reminiscent of an Impoverished Third World Nation - Bare Necessities Are Now Rare Luxuries on Drug-Store Shelves Throughout NYC - Thanks to a Shoplifting Tsunami Enabled By NY State Bail Reform Laws

Brooklyn, NYC: 16-Year-Old Girl Shot In The Head By Stray Bullet; Girl Hit By Stray Bullet While Hanging Out With Friends At Playground in Area of Gowanus Houses in Boerum Hill Neighborhood

Brooklyn, NYC: Deli Worker Fatally Shot During Attempted Robbery; Deli Worker Shot in Head Killed During Robbery Gone Wrong

Manhattan, NYC: 73-Year-Old Man Pummeled in Random Midtown Assault; Victim Didn’t See Attack Coming in Caught-On-Video Early Morning Beating

More Crime & Safety News

Fargo, North Dakota: 14-Year-Old Girl Dies After Stabbing At Strip Mall; Girl Was Apparent Victim of Early Morning Attack and Robbery

Bronx, NYC: Man Clinging to Life After Broad-Daylight Shooting in the Bronx; Victim Was Chased Down Street and Shot Multiple Times During Brazen Early-Morning Attack

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Brooklyn, NY: 3-Month-Old Baby in Stroller Hit By Car Along With Parents; Driver-Suspect In Crash That Killed Infant and Injured Mother Has Long History of Traffic Violations

Manhattan, NYC: Innocent Bystander Shot In Times Square in Broad Daylight; Incident Occurred Mere Feet From Where A 4-Year-Old Girl and Two Others Were Stuck By Gunfire Last Month

New York City: Shootings in City Continue to Skyrocket According to NYC Police Data-Statistics

Queens, NYC: Teens Charged With Attempted Murder Freed Without Bail; Two Teens Who Allegedly Shot Man Were Cut Loose Without Bail Following Arraignment in Criminal Court

Queens, NYC: Detective Investigating Crime Scene Was Struck in Head With Stick in Broad-Daylight Attack; Detective Suffers Gash to Head and Other Injuries

Brooklyn, NYC: Man Dies After Being Fatally Shot and Stabbed in Public Housing Building in Brownsville; Second Man Fatally Shot Killed in East Flatbush Neighborhood

Queens, NYC: Guardian Angels to Patrol Troubled Kew Gardens Hotel; Patrons of Hotel Suspected of Engaging in Drug Dealing and Prostitution and Being Gun-Toting-Trouble-Makers; Local Residents Have Logged Hundreds of Complaints; Man Gunned Down During Shooting in Front of Hotel is City’s First Homicide of New Year

Brooklyn, NYC: Woman Shot In Back By Stray Bullet During Shootout on Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant Neighborhood

San Francisco, California: Man Arrested For Stabbing Two Asian Women; Man Arrested For Unprovoked Attack On Two Elderly Asian Women Has Long History of Arrests

Brooklyn, NYC: Man Knifed on Subway in Unprovoked Attack; Knife-Wielding Stranger Stabs Man on Crown Heights-bound 4 Train; Attack Comes As Cops Try to Combat A Rash of Assaults on City Subways