NEW YORK — Cops assigned to the NYPD’s new anti-gun unit have their work cut out for them — nearly 30 people were shot in the city over the weekend, according to preliminary statistics.
Through 4 p.m. Sunday, 28 people were shot, two fatally, in 23 different incidents, the statistics show. And it appears a 29th person was shot in the Bronx at 9:20 p.m.
There were also five incidents in which shots were fired but no one was struck, according to the stats. And there were six stabbings, one of them fatal.