PICTURED: Single mom, 42, who was shot dead execution-style on Brooklyn street by female assassin after both attended a funeral - as NYC violent crime surge continues despite mayor's denials
- Surveillance video of the shooting shows a the assailant, casually walking up to the victim and shooting her dead, before walking away and getting into an SUV
- The shooting took place Tuesday at around 9.40pm on Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn
- Police identified the victim as 42-year-old Delia Johnson, and she was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead
- The violent attack came as Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the success of his 'Safe Summer' program
- Stats show that murders were down 49.1 percent and shootings down 35 percent across the city
- Shootings, however, have spiked 15.8 percent in the past week over the time period last year, with 900 shooting incidents in 2021, compared to 777 in 2020
- There are also 12 percent more shooting victims this year, the data shows, with 1,057 people falling prey to gun violence compared to 944 last year
Family members of a Brooklyn mother who was seen in a shocking surveillance video this week being casually assassinated on a Brooklyn street say the cold-blooded execution took place shortly after both the victim and her killer attended the same funeral in the neighborhood.
Delia Johnson, 42, was talking to a group of people on the corner of Franklin Avenue and Prospect Place in Crown Heights at around 9.40pm on Wednesday when a blonde woman dressed in all black ambled up to her from behind and shot her from a point-blank range in the back of the head.
Surveillance video that was released by the police on Thursday shows the gunwoman fire several more times, hitting Johnson in the leg as bystanders run and duck for cover.
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Delia Johnson, 42 (left and right), was shot and killed on a Brooklyn street after attending a funeral for a friend. She was raising a 17-year-old daughter as a single mom
Shocking video shows the female assassin raising a gun to a woman on a Brooklyn sidewalk and shooting her dead. The victim, named by police as Delia Johnson, 42, was speaking to a group on a stoop in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, when she was shot in the head.
The victim collapses to the ground in front of horrified onlookers as her killer calmly makes her way toward a parked white car, gets in the driver's seat and takes off from the scene.
Mathis Johnson, Delia's brother, told the New York Daily News that his sister had attended a funeral for an old friend earlier that day.
The service drew hundreds of mourners, among then the suspected killer, according to Mathis, who said he did not know the black-clad woman with long blonde hair but saw her in the crowd at the Sealy Culyer Funeral Home.
Delia's family members said she was an entrepreneur who was raising her 17-year-old daughter as a single mother. They described the victim as vivacious and generous.
Police have not released a motive behind the deadly attack, but Delia's sister, Cordelia Berry, speculated that she might have been killed out of envy.
'She had her own business. She was an entrepreneur – fashion was her passion,' Cordelia said. 'When you succeed in life that way, people are jealous.'
As of Friday afternoon, no arrests have been made. Police released the video of the shooting in hopes of generating leads.
This is not the only instance of a woman being implicated in a deadly shooting targeting another woman in New York City.
Back in April, 51-year-old Nichelle Thomas was fatally shot in the back of the head from a point-blank range as she approached a bodega in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn.
Police later arrested Thomas' on-again, off-again girlfriend, 38-year-old Latisha Bell, charging her with second-degree murder.
Wednesday's violent killing took place as Mayor Bill de Blasio proudly boasted on Thursday that his 'Safe Summer' program has driven down murder and gun attacks in New York City.
In April, de Blasio unveiled his 'Safe Summer' program, a plan aimed at ending gun violence that focused on creating disincentives for young people looking to turn to guns by offering them positive alternatives.
Footage shows the assassin, her purse slung over her shoulder, turn and casually walk to an SUV as her victim lays dead on the sidewalk.
Delia Johnson lays dead on the sidewalk after onlookers scattered for shelter when the shots were fired. Her assassin is shown getting into a getaway car
NYPD issued this image of the female shooter, left, describing her as 'a dark-skinned adult female, approximately in her mid 20's, heavy build, long blond hair and was last seen wearing black long sleeve shirt, black tights, silver belt around her waist, black and white sneakers, white purse.' It is unknown why she targeted Delia Johnson, right
After shooting Johnson multiple times, the blonde suspect calmly returned to a parked car
She was last seen getting into the driver's seat and speeding away from the scene
During his daily briefing, de Blasio proudly proclaimed that the program has been effective and said in the month of July the NYPD saw 'extraordinary successes' to curve violent crime.
Listing statistics from July, de Blasio noted that murders decreased by 49.1 percent and shootings were down by 35 percent across the New York City.
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The NYPD made 383 gun arrests in July alone, up 133.5 percent compared to last July, the mayor said, while gun arrests in general have gone up 44.5 percent in 2021.
While de Blasio touted the success of his program he failed to mention an ongoing string of violent incidents in the streets of the Big Apple this summer that have led to the NYPD issuing hundreds of pleas to identify suspects.
During his daily briefing on Thursday, de Blasio proudly proclaimed that the 'Safe Summer' program has been effective and said in July the NYPD curved violent crime
Shootings so far this year have steadily increased since January, with a small dip in June and July
Rapes in New York City were up 3.1 percent so far this year, with 842 reported as of August 1, compared to 817 in the same period of 2020
According to the mayor, the summer month of July is usually one of the most violent in the city but the NYPD 'rose to the challenge' and was able to suppress gun violence and executed an impressive number of gang takedowns.
'The gang takedowns mean taking a lot of bad guys off of the streets and at the same time a lot of shooters off the streets, this is crucial,' de Blasio noted.
Overall since the safe summer program was launched in May, murders have gone down 26 percent, shootings decreased 10 percent and shooting victims are down 11 percent.
'There is more to do, but the NYPD is moving and making an impact,' de Blasio said.
The stoop on 697 Franklin Street in Crown Heights where Delia Johnson, 42, was talking to a group of people before a female assassin opened fire on her
A small row of candles marks the scene where Delia Johnson was gunned down on Franklin Street in Crown Heights
While de Blasio took his victory lap many New Yorkers are wondering if the program is actually working as the city is inundated with violent crime.
On Tuesday a man strangled a woman unconscious on a Manhattan subway train and attempted to rape her before taking off.
According to the NYPD, the 40-year-old female subway rider was approached by a stranger who demanded her possessions and then slammed her into the train car seats.
The burly perpetrator then strangled the victim until she lost consciousness.
Police said the assailant then groped the unresponsive woman's breasts inside her bra and tried to rape her, reported the New York Post.
When the train pulled into the 168th Street station, the attacker dragged the woman onto the subway platform and ran away.
Crime has rocketed by 53% in two years and system has already seen more murders in 2021 than it did for the whole of 2019
This comes one day after police released surveillance footage of a masked attacker they say raped a 70-year-old woman at gunpoint in her apartment building in The Bronx last week.
According to the NYPD, the sexual assault took place at around 2am on July 27 in the Belmont neighborhood.
The elderly victim was entering her apartment building when she was approached from behind by a man wearing two plastic masks - a red one and a black one - on his face, police said.
On Saturday, three innocent bystanders were struck when gunfire erupted outside a Washington Heights bodega.
Surveillance footage showed three men chasing a fourth man into a bodega as he goes behind the counter and holds a gun to the three men with his back to the cashier.
Shortly after the group of men took the standoff outside and began firing, striking a 42-year-old woman in the left arm, a 58-year-old woman in the buttocks and a 78-year-old man in the left arm and stomach, the New York Post reported.
Police say the man was wearing black and red plastic masks (pictured in his right hand) when he raped the elderly woman at gunpoint in the stairwell
On Saturday, three innocent bystanders were struck when gunfire erupted outside a Washington Heights bodega
The men were gang members targeting rivals from the Trinitarios gang during the shooting on Saturday night in the borough's Corona neighborhood, police said
Earlier this week, surveillance footage captured the moment two men approached a crowd in a busy Queens neighborhood and fired about 40 shots, injuring 10 people before fleeing the scene on mopeds.
The shooters were targeting members of the Trinitarios gang on Saturday night in the borough's Corona neighborhood, police said.
They opened fire while some bystanders were walking outside a barbershop and others were at a nearby restaurant for a birthday party.
These incident are reflective of the overall skyrocketing crime rates in New York City.
NYPD crime data show that rapes are up 3.1 per cent so far this year, with 842 reported as of August 1, compared to 817 in the same period of 2020.
Other sex crimes are up 26.3 per cent to 2,719 this year, compared to 2,152 last year, according to NYPD statistics.
Shootings have spiked 15.8 per cent in 2021 compared to last year, with 900 shooting incidents in 2021 compared to 777 in 2020.
There are also 12 per cent more shooting victims this year, the data shows, with 1,057 people falling prey to gun violence compared to 944 last year.
The biggest leap in crime rates is for hate crimes, which have surged by 103 per cent in the last year. The data come amid numerous random attacks on Asian Americans in the city in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The suspect, seen here making his escape at the 168th Street station in Washington Heights, is accused of attacking the 40-year-old victim aboard a northbound C train
18 People Shot on Wednesday Alone in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago
Eighteen people were shot, one of them fatally, Wednesday alone in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported the fatal shooting occurred at 4 p.m., when two gunmen entered a home “in the first block of East 118th Place.” The gunmen opened fire and 34-year-old Maurice Morris was shot and killed.
FOX32 noted Morris was shot in the head and “pronounced dead at the scene.”
Breitbart News pointed out that 13 people were shot on Tuesday alone in Chicago, and two of the shooting victims succumbed to their wounds.
ABC 7/Chicago Sun-Times explained nearly 50 people were shot during the most recent weekend, four of them fatally. At least 70 people were shot in Chicago the weekend of July 23-25, 2021, and twelve of them died.
On August 1, WGNTV reported Chicago Police Department (CPD) numbers showing there were 461 shootings in Chicago in July alone. Those shootings left behind 614 victims, 105 of whom died from their wounds.
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