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NYC: 7 People Killed Since Saturday Night


The mini-spike in murders that has pushed the homicide rate up 15 percent so far this year continued with three more killings this morning, following four on Saturday night and Sunday. Through Sunday, there were 459 murders this year, compared with 399 at this time last year, the police said this morning. Here are the seven new killings:

• Saturday, 10:45 p.m.: A 27-year-old Brooklyn man was found shot in the head outside 227-13 109th Avenue in Queens Village after a loud dispute in the driveway. No one has been arrested; the name of the victim, who had several prior arrests, has not been released.

• Sunday, 1 a.m.: Derron Clarke, 19, was shot in the neck outside 1404 East 48th Street in Flatlands, Brooklyn. No one has been arrested.

• Sunday, 1:15 a.m.: Tyquell Walker, 18, was at a party on the 12th floor of 2839 West 33rd Street in Coney Island when a guest leaving the party fired from the elevator into the crowd in the hallway and hit Mr. Walker in the shoulder. He died at Coney Island Hospital. No one has been arrested.

• Sunday, 4:13 p.m.: William Robles, 27, was shot in the left temple outside 1115 Prospect Avenue in Morrisania in the Bronx. No arrests have been made.

• Monday, 4:52 a.m.: A man was shot several times in the torso outside 1503 Avenue U in Homecrest, Brooklyn. A 20-year-old man has been arrested. No names have been released.

• Monday, 5:05 a.m.: Two men were shot in the head at 1715 Randall Avenue in the Soundview public housing development in the Bronx. There have been no arrests, and the victims’ names have not been released.

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(Source: NY Times)



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