Murders and shootings citywide climbed in August, marring what otherwise is a continued year-over-year downward trend in incidents of major crimes, NYPD officials said Wednesday.
Thirty-one people were killed last month—two more than were murdered in August 2018—bringing the year’s total to 205, still eight fewer homicides than during the same period last year, when killings declined to a modern-day low.
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