It was a grim weekend in New York City for gun violence.

Police said six people were shot in Brooklyn before the West Indian Day Parade came to a close. Five other people were shot in a Bronx drive-by , one fatally.

They followed a deadly shooting at a basketball tournament in Baychester last week and another in mid-August at a Crown Heights hookah lounge that killed three and wounded 11 others.

For many New Yorkers, the city feels less safe. But overall statistics show a different picture. Barring a handful of police precincts, overall gun violence is down this year, according to a Gothamist analysis of NYPD data.

Approximately 41 of the 78 precincts experienced a decrease in shooting incidents. Five precincts reported drops in the double digits, and 28 precincts had two or fe

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