Six straight days of shootings in Buffalo

The City of Buffalo has had at least one shooting a day, for the past six days.

The troubling trend spans from Saturday, June 20th through Thursday June 25th.

GOOD EVENING.A SHOOTING A NIGHT.THAT'S THETROUBLING TREND INBUFFALO...STRETCHING ALL THEWAY BACK TO LASTSATURDAY.HERE'S A MAP OFTHOSE SHOOTINGS.WE ARE TALKINGABOUT NINEDIFFERENT LOCATIONSAROUND THE QUEENCITY.THERE ARE A TOTAL OF15 VICTIMS.AND WITH ANOTHERNICE WEEKENDEXPECTED... POLICEARE BRACING FOR THEPOTENTIAL OF EVENMORE VIOLENCE.HERE'S SEVENEYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER GILATMELAMED.TAKE PKGA SUMMER SPIKE INVIOLENCE ISCOMMON."TENSIONS ARE NOWEVEN MOREHEIGHTENED.."BUT PASTOR JAMESGILES WITH THEBUFFALOPEACEMAKERS SAYSTHE PANDEMIC IS ANADDED FACTOR."IT'S ONLYEXACERBATING WHATARE THE NORMALCONDITIONS THATHAPPEN WHEN ITSHOT AND PEOPLE ARECOMING OUT ANDTHEY'RECONGREGATING INSPACES AND THEY'REDRINKING."GILES SAYS THIS ISNOT THE FIRST TIMEBUFFALO HAS HADSPIKES INSHOOTINGS.BUT THERE ARE NEWANXIETIES THAT HESAYS CAN LEAD TOSHORTER FUSES."YOU HAD INDIVIDUALSTHAT WERE SHUT IN,YOU HAD PROGRAMSAND ACCESSABILITESAND EXERCISEPLACES AND PLACESTO RELEASE ENERGYYOU GOT ALL THOSEKIND OF PLACES THATARE NOT OPENANYMORE."THERE HAVE BEEN 15VICTIMS SINCESATURDAY.THIS GRAPH SHOWSHOW THIS JUNE'S GUNVIOLENCE COMPARESWITH YEARS PAST.WITH A FEW DAYSLEFT.

THIS MONTHHAS TWO MORESHOOTINGS THAN THEAVERAGE JUNE.COVID-19 ISAFFECTING THE WAYBUFFALOPEACEMAKERS ANDOTHER ANIT-VIOLENCEORGANIZATIONS CANDO THEIR OUTREACH."WE'RE NOT MEETINGUP IN SPACES, WE'RENOT GETTING GROUPSTO MEET, I'M NOTDOING CONFLICTRESOLUTIONS IN THEBACK ANYMORE."ONE NEW SPACE THATWAS SET TO OPENTHIS MONTH WAS ACOMMUNITY CENTERON KILHOFER STREET.THE FUTURE SITEBURNED DOWN INJANUARY.

BUFFALOFIRE DECLARED IT ANARSON."THEY WERE GONNAPREFAB THE BUILDINGIN JUNE IT WAS GONNABE PUT BACK UP, SOTHE COIVD DIDEFFECT OURORGANIZATIONS ANDTHE WORK THATWE'RE DOING.MAJOR CITIES AREREPORTING SPIKES INGUN VIOLENCE.CHICAGO RECORDEDITS DEADLIEST DAY IN60 YEARS AT THE ENDOF MAY.NEW YORK CITY ISSEEING ITS MOSTVIOLENT JUNE IN 25YEARS.<<HAVE GRAPHICSFOR THIS SECTION