The horror shooting in Times Square on Saturday comes just days after Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced that in the first seven months of 2025, New York City saw the fewest shooting incidents and shooting victims in recorded history.

During the seven-month stretch, the city recorded 412 shooting incidents and 489 shooting victims, compared to the previous all-time lows of 426 in 2017 and 522 in 2018. 

July 2025 also set new record lows for the month, with just 75 shooting incidents and 92 shooting victims - breaking the previous July record of 79 shooting incidents and 102 shooting victims, set in 2017.

“New York City just recorded the lowest number of shooting incidents and shooting victims ever for the first seven months of any year, while major crime continued to decline citywide. Excluding the two pandemic years, it was also the safest July in our subway system in recorded history,” said NYPD Commissioner Tisch.

“These achievements are to the direct credit of the women and men of the NYPD, who now carry forward the legacy of Detective First Grade Didarul Islam.”

Didarul Islam was killed along with three others in the mass shooting at Park Avenue Tower in Midtown Manhattan on July 28.