<p class="title rtejustify">New York has marked its first weekend without a shooting in 25 years, police said Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"We went Friday, Saturday, Sunday without any shootings and homicides," New York Police Department chief James O'Neill told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"That's the first time in decades, and that's something not just the NYPD, but all New Yorkers can be proud of."</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The last time the most populous US city of 8.5 millions had a weekend without shootings was in 1993, according to police.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">But there have been intermittent spikes. The weekend of October 6-7, for example, was "terrible", with several shootings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, authorities said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The number of murders is on the rise again this year, after hitting a low in 2017 with 292 total -- a record since the 1950s.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">In the first half of 2018, the city recorded 147 murders, an eight per cent increase over the same period in 2017, and mostly in Brooklyn and the Bronx.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">New York has marked its first weekend without a shooting in 25 years, police said Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"We went Friday, Saturday, Sunday without any shootings and homicides," New York Police Department chief James O'Neill told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"That's the first time in decades, and that's something not just the NYPD, but all New Yorkers can be proud of."</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The last time the most populous US city of 8.5 millions had a weekend without shootings was in 1993, according to police.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">But there have been intermittent spikes. The weekend of October 6-7, for example, was "terrible", with several shootings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, authorities said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The number of murders is on the rise again this year, after hitting a low in 2017 with 292 total -- a record since the 1950s.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">In the first half of 2018, the city recorded 147 murders, an eight per cent increase over the same period in 2017, and mostly in Brooklyn and the Bronx.</p>