Overall crime citywide declined for the eighth straight month in August, with killings and shootings in particular decreasing significantly compared to a year earlier, according to the NYPD.
Murders in August fell by more than half, from 32 last year to 15, the fewest killings during that month in more than three decades, police said. For the year, killings were down 13 percent through August, with the 242 people killed 36 fewer than last year.
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