NYPD will use metal detectors to prevent shootings during July 4 fireworks

The recent spike in shootings that has New Yorkers on edge will have an impact on the big July 4 fireworks show as well.

In an effort to make sure the only blasts during the return of the annual Macy’s spectacular come from the pyrotechnics, the NYPD will require spectators who want to watch from Manhattan’s FDR Drive to pass through metal detectors first, NYPD Chief of Patrol Juanita Holmes said Thursday. In addition, cops will make the unprecedented move of closing the Williamsburg and 59th Street bridges to traffic during the nation’s largest fireworks show, Holmes said.