NYC enjoys murder-free week
MURDER took a holiday in New York City last week with no murders being committed in the seven days ending last Sunday.
"It’s an anomaly. No doubt about it," a veteran police source told the New York Post. "The Grim Reaper took a break this week."
The last time the city experienced a murder-free week was in the midst of a cold spell last January.
Overall, crime stats have been trending down so far this year.
Cops said that 256 murders have taken place in the city in 2013, a sharp decrease from the 346 people that were killed during the same time period in 2012.
The change constitutes a 26 per cent drop.
Of the 256 murders, more than half - 148 - were committed with firearms, cops said.
But overall, murders involving guns were down 28.8 per cent compared to the same point last year where there were 208.
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