Residents pray while attending a rally and vigil on the sidewalk near where two teens were shot on New Year's Day on January 03, 2013 in the Crown Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The gathering was sponsored by the local community group Save Our Streets Crown Heights (S.O.S.) which is a community-based effort to end gun violence. S.O.S. holds the gatherings at all shooting locations in Crown Heights to draw attention to the violence and to encourage a community response to the shootings. While murders were down for 2012 in New York City, robberies, burglaries and felony assaults rose.
{"Image ImageDescription": "NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 03:  Residents pray while attending a rally and vigil on the sidewalk near where two teens were shot on New Year's Day on January 03, 2013 in the Crown Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The gathering was sponsored by the local community group Save Our Streets Crown Heights (S.O.S.) which is a community-based effort to end gun violence. S.O.S. holds the gatherings at all shooting locations in Crown Heights to draw attention to the violence and to encourage a community response to the shootings. While murders were down for 2012 in New York City, robberies, burglaries and felony assaults rose.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2013 Getty Images"}