LOWER EAST SIDE — The number of shootings in the area are on track to match last year’s figures, in contrast to a growing number of incidents citywide, statistics show.
While the number shooting victims have gone up 10.3 percent in the city overall compared to this time last year, the 5th and 7th Precincts — which cover Chinatown and the Lower East Side, respectively — have only had one incident to so far this year, just half of the number of instances in 2014, NYPD CompStat data shows.
The department distinguishes between shooting incidents and shooting victims, as multiple people could be shot during the same incident. The CompStat data does not distinguish between shootings that were fatal and those that were not.
Over in the 9th Precinct, the number of shootings is on the rise. There have been four shootings in 2015 so far, according to police statistics, compared to just three for the entirety of last year.
Those incidents included the February killing of a father and aspiring rapper in Alphabet City and the death of a robbery suspect at East Sixth Street in April.
