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NYPD records longest no-shooting streak in 30 Years


The gunfire ended a remarkable period of no one shot in five days, from Saturday night to Thursday night, for the first time since the NYPD began keeping detailed records 30 years ago.

Then early Friday at around 1 a.m., a 17-year-old was shot once in the leg outside of a laundromat on Watson Avenue in the Soundview section of the Bronx. Earlier this week, the city announced the NYPD had seized more than 20,000 illegal firearms since the mayor took office in 2022. Stacey Sager reports from Aquebogue with more on the sad measure to curb the bird flu outbreak.

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