A New York City Council member who worked to improve black-Jewish ties was killed in a shooting at New York City Hall. An unknown gunman opened fire from a balcony overlooking the City Council chambers Wednesday, striking James Davis twice in the chest. Davis, 41, an African American and former police officer, had crusaded against urban violence and held an annual memorial for a black boy and a yeshiva student killed in 1991 in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood.
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