Buffalo shootings up 71% this year

Buffalo shootings up 71% this year.

BUFFALO POLICE ARETRYING TO GET AHANDLE ON A SPIKE INGUN VIOLENCEMORE THAN AHUNDRED SHOOTINGSIN THE LAST THREEMONTHS.THE DEPARTMENT HASADOPTED A NEWPROGRAM THEY HOPECAN HELP THEM BRINGTHOSE NUMBERSDOWN.AND THEY AREALREADY MAKINGPROGRESS.19TRT: 1:581:25SOT: MYGRANDAUGHTERSTHEY HAVE ASTRUCTURE THEY CANONLY GO THIS WAY SOFAR AND THIS WAY SOFARTHIS IS WHAT YOU CANUSUALLY FIND CAVINALITTLEJOHN'SGRANDCHILDRENDOINGPLAYING OUTSIDE ANDMAKING TIK TOKSBUT IT'S THE SIMPLEFACT OF SOMETIMESBEING OUTSIDE OFTHEIR EAST SIDEHOME THAT HAS HERON EDGESOT: I AM AT THEPOINT RIGHT NOWWHERE I'M LOOKINGTO RELOCATE I'M SOTIRED OF YOU CAN'TCOME OUTSIDE THECARS ARE RIDINGAROUND WITH TINTEDWINDOWS LOUDMUSIC YOU HAVE NOIDEASIT'S THE SOUND OFGUNFIRESHE JUSTDOESN'T WANT TOHEAR ANYMORE...SOT: THEY'RESHOOTINGEACHOTHER THEY'RETHEMSELVESIT'S BEEN ONE OF THEMOST VIOLENTSUMMERS NOT ONLYIN BUFFALO BUTACROSS THE NATIONAS OF FRIDAYMORNING 199 PEOPLEHAVE BEEN SHOT INBUFFALO THIS YEAR120 SINCE JUNE 1ST.SOT: RIGHT NOW OURSHOOTINGS ARE UP71% FROM LAST YEARSOT: I THINK THEPANDEMICABSOLUTELY HAS ALOT TO DO WITH THATSOT: YOU CAN'T RUNGRAND JURY'S YOUCAN'T INDICTDEFENDANTSLAST MONTH WE TOLDYOU ABOUT THE NEWSHOOT REVIEWPROGRAMBUFFALOADOPTED AWEEKLY MEETINGMODEL FROMMILWAUKEETHE DEPARTMENTMEETS EACH WEEKWITH LOCAL ANDFEDERAL LAWENFORCEMENTPARTNERS TO TARGETSHOOTERS ANDILLEGAL GUN OWNERSAND DEPUTYCOMMISSIONERGRAMAGLIA SAYSALREADY IT'S SEEINGSUCCESSSOT: WE WERE ABLETO LINK HIM TO A GUNAND GET HIM INTOCUSTODY ON A GUNCASE AND WE WEREABLE TO GET PASTCHALLENGES BASEDON CONVERSATIONSIN THE ROOMFOR CAVINA SHESEES WHAT HAPPENSWHEN PEOPLE TURNTO GUNS ANDESPECIALLY NOWWHEN STUDENTSARE NOT IN ATRADITIONAL SCHOOLSHE SAYS THERENEEDS TO BE MOREFOR YOUTH TO DO TOFIND AN INTEREST SOTHEY DON'T FALLDOWN A DANGEROUSPATHSOT: MYGRANDAUGHTERSTHEY HAVE ASTRUCTURE THEY CANONLY GO THIS WAY SOFAR AND THIS WAY SOFARTHIS IS WHAT YOU CANUSUALLY FIND CAVINALITTLEJOHN'SGRANDCHILDRENDOINGPLAYING OUTSIDE ANDMAKING TIK TOKSBUT IT'S THE SIMPLEFACT OF SOMETIMESBEING OUTSIDE OFTHEIR EAST SIDEHOME THAT HAS HERON EDGESOT: I AM AT THEPOINT RIGHT NOWWHERE I'M LOOKINGTO RELOCATE I'M SOTIRED OF YOU CAN'TCOME OUTSIDE THECARS ARE RIDINGAROUND WITH TINTEDWINDOWS LOUDMUSIC YOU HAVE NOIDEASIT'S THE SOUND OFGUNFIRESHE JUSTDOESN'T WANT TOHEAR ANYMORE...SOT: THEY'RESHOOTINGEACHOTHER THEY'RETHEMSELVESIT'S BEEN ONE OF THEMO