April 8, 2004
7 Days
The Shots Not Heard Around the Bronx
"Ten years ago, at least 30 shots were fired during a single week in the Bronx, killing 12 people. On a single day in that week, 40 minutes apart, two men were shot and killed within a few miles of each other.
"During the same week this year, March 29 to Sunday, not a shot was reported in the Bronx, the police said. The quiet continued until Tuesday.
"Citing that startling statistic, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said yesterday that it was the first time a week had gone by without a single shooting in the borough since 1994, when the Police Department first began using a computerized system to measure crime by precinct."
They could use one of those signs at the county line that has adjustable numbers saying: (7) Days Without a Shot.
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posted by at April 8, 2004 12:56 PM
