上周五，纽约哈林区附近发生枪击案，造成一名警察死亡，另一名警察重伤。他们已经是本月纽约市遭遇枪击的第四和第五名警察。
The officers, rookie Jason Rivera, 22, who was killed and his 27-year-old partner, who was gravely wounded, were the fourth and fifth cops shot in the city this month.
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纽约市长埃里克·亚当斯当天在新闻发布会上痛心疾呼，“这是对纽约市的袭击，也是对这座城市的儿童和家庭的袭击。”他呼吁各方团结一致，“我们必须一起拯救这座城市。”
“This was an attack on the city of New York. It is an attack on the children and families of this city,” Adams said .“We must save this city together.”
亚当斯在今年1月1日宣誓就职新任纽约市长，据《纽约时报》报道，作为前纽约市警察局局长，这位新市长曾在竞选时明确表示，他上任后的首要任务是解决疫情初期开始的枪支暴力上升问题。
During his successful campaign for mayor of New York City, Eric Adams made his top priority clear: tackling the rise in gun violence that began early in the pandemic.
An 11-month-old girl is in critical condition after she was shot in the face Wednesday while she was with her mother in a parked car in the Bronx neighborhood of New York, police said.
“We’re going to find these guns and we’re going to find those who carry them and use them,” he vowed.
美国“枪支暴力档案”网站截止1月14日的数据显示，2021年美国枪击案夺走了44858人的生命，其中20768人死于非自杀性枪支暴力。
