Five people were reported killed in four separate shootings in New York City on Tuesday in one of the deadliest 24-hour sprees in the city in recent memory.

The killings, which did not appear to be connected, come amid a slight increase in gun violence in the city, and echoed a time when multiple deadly shootings in New York in one day were common.

Donovan Richards , chairman of the City Council’s Committee on Public Safety , said that the recent violence paled in comparison to earlier eras. “You could have five murders in the summer in one precinct 20 years ago, and you don’t see that anymore,” he said.

“Is this a return to the bad days? No,” he said. “I’m on the ground and don’t see that.”

The first shooting occurred just after midnight, when an 18-year-old man was found on 176th Street in Jamaica, Queens, shot in the head, torso and leg, according to the police. The man, identified as Angel Nixon , was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.