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3 people shot in Crown Heights near New York Carnival Parade festivities
ABC7 New York • • nation
Key Points:
- Three people were injured in separate shootings in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, near the New York Carnival Parade on Monday afternoon, with two victims shot in the legs and one in the buttocks.
- A 24-year-old man was shot in front of 800 Kingston Avenue, and a suspect was taken into custody along with a recovered firearm.
- A 37-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man were also shot at Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue; two suspects fled the scene and remain at large.
- All three victims were transported to Kings County Hospital and are in stable condition; police continue to search for the fleeing suspects.
- These incidents occurred despite heightened NYPD security measures, following earlier stabbings of five people on the same day and past violence during the Carnival Parade.
