Violence

Washington Post: Officials worry the rise in violent crime portends a bloody summer: ‘It’s trauma on top of trauma’ By Holly Bailey and Tim Craig

Eight people have been fatally shot in New York’s capital city (Albany) this year, including six in May. Recently, Destiny Greene, 15, was killed in a quiet neighborhood a block from the governor’s mansion after a group of men opened fire during what police later said had been a meetup over a Facebook Marketplace ad.

“What we seem to be seeing is that solving disputes with guns is becoming normalized,” she (Albany NY Mayor Kathy Sheehan) said.