Shootings are surging this week in New York City, with 28 incidents and 38 victims reported since Monday — the day the NYPD disbanded its plainclothes anti-crime unit.
By comparison, the same week last year there were only 12 shootings for the entire week.
NYC shootings surge after NYPD's anti-crime unit disbanded
In one of the killings, a 35 year old man in Brooklyn was washing his car when an unknown assailant walked up behind and executed him.
NYC man shot dead while washing car as gun violence soars - New York Daily News