The Brooklyn Ink

The Daily News is reporting today 59 people have been murdered in the East New York area in 2010. That number is high, compared to last year’s statistics. For the same period, 43 people were killed in northern Brooklyn in 2009. In Brownsville, there has been a 47 percent rise in shootings, from 34 halfway through last year, to 50 shooting victims now, according to the Daily News. “You can’t sit outside [because] you’re worried about if someone is going to come through shooting,” Shawna Burrus told the newspaper. Burress’ 23 year-old son was stabbed to death in East New York in April after his attackers thought he was someone else. “It is really bad over there.