With Cops Shot, Gun Violence Top Priority for New Manhattan D.A.
- Bragg tells Bloomberg Television his focus is on street crime
- Two police officers were shot Friday, with one dead, in Harlem
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Hours before gunfire in Harlem left one police officer dead and another fighting for his life, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said addressing gun violence is his top priority as shootings soar.
The death of the 22-year-old officer, who was responding to a domestic dispute, comes two weeks after a teenager was murdered working the night shift at an East Harlem Burger King. The violence has drawn outcry from residents of New York’s densest borough -- where shooting incidents have doubled from a year prior -- and scrutiny of Bragg’s approach to public safety.