NY Gov. Hochul rips Brooklyn subway shooting: ‘We are sick and tired of reading headlines about crime’

Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul responded to the Tuesday mass taking pictures in Brooklyn, saying “We’re sick and bored with studying headlines about crime.”

Hochul made the assertion throughout a press briefing alongside regulation enforcement officers, hours after a lone gunman injured no less than 16 individuals with gunfire and explosives at a Brooklyn subway station. Hochul took the chance to handle not simply the taking pictures, however the spike in crime typically throughout her state.

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“The individuals of all the state of New York stand with the individuals of this metropolis and this group, and we are saying ‘No extra,’” Hochul mentioned. “No extra mass shootings; no extra disrupting lives; no extra creating heartbreak for individuals simply attempting to dwell their lives as regular New Yorkers.”

Hochul went on to say that she is devoting “all the assets in our state” to battle the continuing crime surge. 

“It has to finish and it ends now. We’re sick nd uninterested in studying headlines about crime, whether or not they’re mass shootings, or the lack of a teenage woman, or a 13-year-old. It has to cease,” Hochul continued.

The gunman stays at massive, and police have described him as a black male, roughly 5′,5″ tall and weighing 175-200 lbs. Authorities say he was carrying a building vest on the time of the assault.

Whereas the each the NYPD and FBI are nonetheless investigating the assault, authorities say it isn’t being investigated as a terrorist assault.

White Home press secretary Jen Psaki introduced on Twitter that President Joe Biden has been briefed on the taking pictures and is in contact with NYC officers.

Lawyer Common Merrick Garland has additionally been briefed on the scenario, in addition to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.