Five people had been contended a ceremony in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday when a man began capturing proper into the group of the West Indian American Day occasion ceremony, with 2 terminally sick.
“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 said in a press convention after the capturing.
He said 4 of the targets had been males and one was a girl, with 2 terminally sick and three anticipated to make it by.
Chell said there was no energetic shooter, and the ceremony was continuing.
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Five people had been contended a ceremony in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday when a man began capturing proper into the group of the West Indian American Day occasion ceremony, with 2 terminally sick. (Peter Gerber for Fox News 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 had been nonetheless in search of the suspect after the capturing. (Peter Gerber/Fox News)
Police are nonetheless in search of the suspect, whom Chell known as a Black male in his 20s with a slim assemble that was utilizing a black tee shirt with paint spots and a black bandanna.
Police relocation revelers from the street after a capturing on Eastern Parkway, close to the sting of Franklin Avenue, all through the West Indian Day Parade on Monday,Sept 2, 2024, within the Brooklyn district ofNew York (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) ( AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Chell included the cops suppose the capturing was “not random,” but cops don’t acknowledge his goal.
Thousands of people had been alongside the ceremony path Monday for the occasion which commemorates “Caribbean heritage and culture,” in keeping with town. ( AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Thousands of people had been alongside the ceremony path Monday for the occasion, which commemorates “Caribbean heritage and culture,” in keeping with 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 knowledgeable 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 got to hoping that there was enough security in place that maybe that was over with,” she included.
