25 Shot In 48 Hours In New York City; Analysts Fear "Chicago-Style" Wave Of Violence; Connection With Anti-Gay Hate Crimes

New York City was rocked by a wave of violence this weekend. 25 people were shot in only 48 hours, which add up to five percent of the total shootings this year. It has been one of the peaceful years in recent history, but the figure now starts at 440 shootings and six more fatalities.

This weekend, three people were killed on Sunday, and 11 people were shot between Friday and Saturday nights. One of the victims is an 11-year-old girl, who is now paralyzed.

Analysts worry that these are "Chicago-style" numbers. Chicago has gotten in trouble during the gun legislation debate, but New York was one of the only cities to pass major gun control laws as a response to Newtown. Still, gun violence in Chicago has risen over the last two years; New York's has fallen. The 440 shootings so far in 2013 represent "a 23% drop compared with the 574 victims shot through this time last year," according to the Daily News.

At least 12 people were shot in Brooklyn, eight in the Bronx and another four in Queens. The sole person shot in Manhattan took several bullets to the chest in broad daylight and died at the scene.

There has also been a wave of anti-gay hate crimes in New York City recently, including the murder of Mark Carson in the West Village.

Tayloni Mazyck, 11, was paralyzed by a stray bullet Friday night outside her Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment building.

 "I heard maybe 20 shots," said Guy Pierre Louis, 50, who lives on Lenox Road. "I thought it was like the Fourth of July."

Police officers are now searching for the alleged gunman, Kevon Brown, 30, who also shot at a officers as he fled.

"She can't feel her legs. She has pain in her arms," said Mazyck's mother Priscilla Mazyck, 46.

A 15-year-old girl in the Bronx was shot in the leg as she pushed a toddler in a baby carriage away from the gunfire on Saturday night.

Analysts worry about similar shootings occurring over the summer. Gun violence and violent crime statistically increase during the warmer months, and New York had its first consistent 90-degree weather this weekend.