On my campus recently, a student was beaten brutally by another student with the use of a fire extinguisher. The student who was beaten had to go to the hospital for surgery to the face since all 5 bones in the face were broken. Also, last semester, there was a shootout in my dorm while I was away for the weekend.
When I was away on my campus, there was an incident in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. When going to a McDonalds, a NYPD police officer ate a cheeseburger filled with glass. The teenager who sold the cheeseburger to the police officer was charged with trying to kill the cop.
I thought these incidents were terrible, and they all occurred within the last 6 months.