Officials call for tougher weapons laws as gun violence grows

Gun violence on body cam

The NYPD has released various videos of gun violence in the city as officials call for stopping illegal guns from arriving in the city.

NEW YORK - New NYPD statistics illustrate the damage guns are doing on city streets.

The number of shooting victims in New York City is up 16 percent so far this year compared to last year, according to the department. Shooting incidents have jumped nearly 22 percent. Both categories — victims and incidents — are up more than 100 percent in two years.

It’s against that backdrop that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand traveled to Brooklyn Borough Hall and stood next to Eric Adams, the borough president and Democratic candidate for mayor, to advocate for legislation to make gun trafficking a federal crime. Gillibrand and Adams argue that would help interrupt the so-called iron pipeline that brings guns into New York.

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Adams’ opponent in the mayor’s race, Curtis Sliwa, says he is also in favor of Gillibrand’s legislation, which would send traffickers to prison for up to 20 years and levy fines of up to $250,000.

Video of suspect in shocking Bronx shooting

The NYPD has released video of one of the two suspects wanted in connection to a shocking shooting in the Bronx.