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A rally was held Wednesday for the woman who was killed while at a vigil for another shooting victim.
She was attending a vigil for 31-year-old Miles Bobbsemple, who was shot and killed less than 24 hours earlier at a house party in Brooklyn.
Police believe both of them were innocent victims of gang violence. Birkett s mother also lost a son, Neyon Hamilton, to gun violence. I can t take it. I can t. I m going through too much, too much, Patricia Hamilton said. They take my daughter s life away. And I d like to see justice for my son Neyon. I just want to see them put away.
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NYPD officer shot and wounded in Bedford-Stuyvesant
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An NYPD officer was shot three times after approaching a gun wielding man minutes after a nearby fatal shooting and crash in Brooklyn last night.
The 28-year-old officer was struck in the rear of his bulletproof vest, as well as in his leg and buttocks, near Macon Street and Howard Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
The injured officer fired nine shots in return, and another officer fired a dozen rounds, striking the 26-year-old suspect in the leg.
The officer was rushed to Kings County Hospital in stable condition.
WATCH: Scene where NYPD officer was shot and wounded
Terrified mother phoned in to de Blasio s segment on WNYC on Friday
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Incident occurred on Tuesday just blocks from de Blasio s Park Slope home
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Shootings are up 57% so far this year while murders have risen 20%