Five people were shot and injured during a parade in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday when a man began shooting into the crowd at the West Indian American Day festival parade, leaving two in critical condition.
“One person intentionally attacking a group of people tried to ruin everybody’s day, and we’re not going to let that happen,” NYPD Patrol Chief John Chell said at a news conference after the shooting.
He said four of the victims were men and one was a woman, with two in critical condition and three expected to survive.
Chell said there was no active shooter and the parade continued.
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Five people were shot and injured during a parade in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday when a man began shooting into the crowd at the West Indian American Day festival parade, leaving two in critical condition. (Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)
“We have several police officers working very hard this weekend, very hard today to keep this community and this parade safe, and we’ll be out there until the early hours of the morning doing just that. We’re working hard to keep this community safe.”
Police were still searching for the suspect after the shooting. (Peter Gerber/Fox News)
Police are still searching for the suspect, whom Chell described as a black man in his 20s, with a thin build, wearing a black shirt with paint stains and a black bandana.
Police move revelers off the street after a shooting on Eastern Parkway near the corner of Franklin Avenue during the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Chell added that police believe the shooting was “not random,” but police do not know the motive for the crime.
Thousands of people lined the parade route Monday for the festival, which the city said celebrates “Caribbean heritage and culture.” (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Thousands of people lined the parade route Monday for the festival, which celebrates “Caribbean heritage and culture,” according to the city.
“I’m crying because of this, it’s so terrible. How can someone have the courage to shoot so many people with a gun – babies, children, elderly people,” witness Jalissa Bailey told the New York Post.
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“I know this parade has a history of violence, but things have been peaceful in recent years, and we were hopeful that there was enough security in place that maybe this would be over,” she added.
