Happening today: Mayor Adams will meet with the family of Kade Lewin, the 12-year-old boy killed by a stray bullet last week in Brooklyn. elijahwestbrook reports
"Just a few weeks out, they removed over 20 something guns off the street," Adams said.
"Here's the interesting number: 70% of those who were carrying guns had prior violent offenses," he said. continues to look for the suspects in the shooting of 12-year-old Lewin. The young boy was eating in a car with his 20-year-old cousin and 8-year-old niece last Thursday when police said there was an exchange of gunfire between people inside two cars on East 56th Street and Linden Boulevard.
"There's too many guns in our streets, and we've got to stop them from coming in the streets," said Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. "You want to lecture our community about public safety, put the damn money in the community," State Sen. Zellnor Myrie added.
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