#gun-crime

#gun-crime

Jay Clayton, left, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York at the New York City Bar Association, being interviewed by James M. McDonald, a Sullivan & Cromwell attorney. Rick Kopstein Jay Clayton, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said Tuesday his top priorities on the job include focusing on what everyday New Yorkers want, such as going after gun and fentanyl-based crimes and increasing the speed of corporate compliance in white collar criminal investigations.

Three people were injured in a shooting at New York City's Times Square early on Saturday morning after a 17-year-old opened fire.

"Between 2019 and 2021, the share of traced crime guns originally purchased by individuals aged 18 to 24 rose from 21% to 24%, while those aged 25 to 34 increased from 33% to 35%."

"Rutledge and his co-conspirators meticulously planned a violent robbery in a neighborhood convenience store in Clinton Hill, during which a customer was brutally pistol-whipped and shot, and a hard-working store clerk was held at knifepoint while thieves lined their pockets with thousands of dollars in cash."