The woman was pushing a pram when she was attacked, according to a spokesman for Mayor Eric Adams. A man approached her from behind, shot her once in the head and then ran away from the scene, authorities told CBS New York. She was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead, according to several reports. The baby in the stroller, which was identified as 3 months old by both CBS and PIX11, “reportedly suffered nothing,” City Councilwoman Julie Menin said in a Twitter post. “I pray for this victim and I am devastated by this relentless and senseless violence,” Menin said. Overall crime in New York skyrocketed in recent months, rising 27.8% in May 2022 compared to the same month last year, largely fueled by major thefts, burglaries and robberies, according to data released the New York Police Department earlier this month. . The rise in crime has intensified pressure on Adams, a former police officer who has successfully run for mayor on a law enforcement platform. He recently appointed a tsar with gun violence. released a 15-page “Plan to End Violence with Arms.” and introduced individual patrols for cops in the subway, where crime is on the rise. At the same time, Adams tried to accuse prosecutors and judges of allegedly treating the crime. “No one is taking criminal justice seriously anymore,” he told a news conference with law enforcement officials earlier this month. “These bad guys no longer take them seriously. “They believe that our criminal justice system is a laughing stock of our entire country.” “We have to take it seriously because innocent people are dying,” he added. However, murder and shooting rates are gradually declining. Incidents of armed violence in the city last month decreased by 31.4 percent compared to May 2021, according to county data. Those numbers were taken by the office of Adams, which hopes to change the course of a city that recorded 1,562 shots in 2021 – the highest number in 15 years. In 2020, it collected 1,531 cases, more than double the previous year. There have been 197 murders in New York this year so far. Four hundred and eight were recorded throughout 2021 and the city is well on its way to the end of 2022 with 11 percent fewer homicides, according to LX News. “We have identified every resource we have to reduce gun violence in the city,” Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell said in a June 3 statement. “We have seen seven consecutive weeks of shootings fall – and this is no accident.” The unidentified suspect in Wednesday’s shooting, described as a man in a black suit and hooded sweatshirt, was still running as Mayor Adams headed to the site at East 95th Street and Lexington Avenue. The Upper East Side is one of New York City’s richest and safest neighborhoods. Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s official residence, is less than a mile from the crime scene. This is breaking news and will be updated.
