Gun Violence Continues To Roil NYC As 17 Shot In A Day: Report

NEW YORK CITY — New York City suffered another day of gun violence in the hours following the shooting death of a 1-year-old boy in Brooklyn.

The NYPD reported at least 17 people were shot Monday, the New York Post first reported.

At least two people died. A 17-year-old — Lamar Gibson — was fatally shot outside East Harlem's Washington Houses, police said. In Canarsie, gunfire rang out in a building lobby and killed 20-year-old man, authorities said.

The shootings unfolded after the death of Davell Gardner, a 1-year-old boy caught in gunfire at a cookout in a Bed-Stuy park on Sunday.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, who appeared visibly shaken by the toddler's death, held a moment of silence for Gardner during a Monday news conference. He spoke Tuesday about meeting Gardner's family in Bed-Stuy, about the pain they suffered.

“We have to find a way to beat it," he said of violence. "And we do that by bringing police and community together in common cause."

Shootings in recent weeks have steadily risen by about 46 percent compared to this period last year, while murders have increased 23 percent, according to the NYPD. The violence prompted outrage and calls for action by neighborhood anti-violence groups.

In Brooklyn last week, which has seen the bulk of shootings, many of those groups lined the steps of Borough Hall with 101 pairs of shoes marking the then-number of shooting victims.

They called for a community-led response alongside ongoing NYPD reforms in the wake of protests over police violence and racism.

De Blasio highlighted local community groups on Tuesday. He said they'll occupy street corners over the weekend in Bed-Stuy to help curb shootings.

It's a step taken in other city neighborhoods like Harlem that have seen violence.

"This is the strategy that works," he said. "It's not the end-all be-all, but it's part of the solution."