5 individuals have been shot at a parade in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday when a person started firing into the gang of the West Indian American Day competition parade, with two in essential situation.
“One person intentionally going after a group of people tried to ruin the day for everybody, and we’re not going to let that happen,” NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell mentioned in a information convention after the capturing.
He mentioned 4 of the victims have been males and one was a girl, with two in essential situation and three anticipated to outlive.
Chell mentioned there was no lively shooter, and the parade was persevering with.
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5 individuals have been shot at a parade in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday when a person started firing into the gang of the West Indian American Day competition parade, with two in essential situation. (Peter Gerber for Fox Information Digital)
“We have multiple cops working very hard this weekend, very hard today to keep this community and to keep this parade safe, and we’ll be out here until the wee hours of the morning doing just that. Working hard, keeping this community safe.”
Police have been nonetheless looking for the suspect after the capturing. (Peter Gerber/Fox Information)
Police are nonetheless looking for the suspect, whom Chell described as a Black man in his 20s with a slim construct who was sporting a black shirt with paint stains and a black bandanna.
Police transfer revelers from the road after a capturing on Japanese Parkway, close to the nook of Franklin Avenue, throughout the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, within the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photograph/Andres Kudacki) (AP Photograph/Andres Kudacki)
Chell added the police imagine the capturing was “not random,” however police do not know his motive.
1000’s of individuals have been alongside the parade route Monday for the competition which celebrates “Caribbean heritage and culture,” in line with the town. (AP Photograph/Andres Kudacki)
1000’s of individuals have been alongside the parade route Monday for the competition, which celebrates “Caribbean heritage and culture,” in line with the town.
“I’m crying over this, it’s so terrible. How can someone have the heart to fire a gun around so many people — babies, children, the elderly,” witness Jalissa Bailey informed the New York Put up.
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“I know this parade has a history of violence, but things have been peaceful in recent years, and we got to hoping that there was enough security in place that maybe that was over with,” she added.
