A City's Dark Underbelly: The Shooting on Coney Island The warm glow of Independence Day celebrations has given way to a harsh reality in Brooklyn's Coney Island neighborhood.
On Saturday night, an unknown gunman opened fire on a group of people gathered for a family holiday barbecue, leaving eight wounded and one critically injured.
The shooting is the latest incident in a string of violence that has plagued New York City's streets. While Commissioner Jessica Tisch touts a 25. 6% drop in homicides and a 3.