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According to Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert C. Haas, there are approximately eight to ten shooting incidents in the City annually. But this year, as of last month, there have already been at least eight—seven of which occurred during the months of May and June.
Haas said that most of the violence is drug-related, but both he and Mayor E. Denise Simmons said that rumors of an escalating drug war are not currently substantiated.
Haas said the recent spate of shootings has been notable because many of them occurred in the same geographical area—in most cases, in North Cambridge—at around the same time.
He said that “the dynamics of the shootings” this year have also been different. Usually, and as was the case last summer, the city encounters a series of related “retaliatory” shootings in which perpetrators attack each other, Haas said.
Haas said the police department has taken measures to ensure residents’ safety, including bolstering regular walking patrols and deploying supplemental bike patrols.