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3 people shot at West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn
NBC New York • • nation
Key Points:
- At least three people were shot in separate incidents near the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn around 4 p.m., interrupting the Caribbean cultural celebration.
- One suspect was quickly apprehended after a shooting near Nostrand Avenue and St. John's Place, while other victims were shot or grazed near Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue.
- The parade was scheduled to end earlier than usual at 5:30 p.m. to reduce violence, with police implementing metal detector checkpoints and banning bags along the route.
- Earlier in the day, around 6 a.m., three men were stabbed during the J'Ouvert celebrations in Crown Heights, with one victim critically wounded and police searching for a suspect.
- The stabbing incidents occurred at two crime scenes along Utica Avenue, with victims aged 23, 32, and 36; two are expected to survive.
