Five individuals were contended a ceremony in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday when a guy started shooting right into the group of the West Indian American Day event ceremony, with 2 terminally ill.
“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 stated in a press conference after the capturing.
He stated 4 of the targets were males and one was a lady, with 2 terminally ill and 3 anticipated to make it through.
Chell stated there was no energetic shooter, and the ceremony was proceeding.
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Five individuals were contended a ceremony in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday when a guy started shooting right into the group of the West Indian American Day event ceremony, with 2 terminally ill. (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 were still looking for the suspect after the capturing. (Peter Gerber/Fox News)
Police are still looking for the suspect, whom Chell called a Black male in his 20s with a slim construct that was using a black tee shirt with paint spots and a black bandanna.
Police relocation revelers from the road after a capturing on Eastern Parkway, near the edge of Franklin Avenue, throughout the West Indian Day Parade on Monday,Sept 2, 2024, in the Brooklyn district ofNew York (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) ( AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Chell included the cops think the capturing was “not random,” yet cops do not recognize his objective.
Thousands of individuals were along the ceremony path Monday for the event which commemorates “Caribbean heritage and culture,” according to the city. ( AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Thousands of individuals were along the ceremony path Monday for the event, which commemorates “Caribbean heritage and culture,” according to the city.
“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 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.
