The number of people shot in the city last week jumped nearly 50 percent compared with the same period last year — and a deadly mix of hotter temperatures and fewer stop-and-frisks is to blame, cops said yesterday.
Sixty people were shot in the five boroughs last week — a 46 percent increase over last year’s 41 victims, police said.
And that could just be the beginning, warned one law-enforcement source.
“With less cops, massive retirement looming and violence on the rise in the city, it’s gonna be a long, hot summer,” the source said.
Overall, the total number of shootings this year has hit 802 — a 7.9 percent increase over 743 for the same period last year.
Cops blamed the bloodbath on rising temperatures and increased scrutiny on the controversial stop-and-frisk procedure that proponents say takes dangerous criminals off the street.
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Safest city in America huh? Yah right. Crime and violence are on the rise. 60 shootings in one week is insane. So proud to live in a state that allows its citizens to arm an protect themsleves. Stats have proven time and again that strict gun laws reflect more violent crimes. Here, criminals think twice before committing these crimes because of the increased chance of the law abiding citizen you’re about to attack might be armed.