One of the five people shot Monday at New York City’s West Indian American Day Parade has died from his injuries, police said.
A gunman targeting a specific group of people opened fire along the parade route in Brooklyn around 2:35 p.m., NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said. Police said the victim who died was a 25-year-old man who was shot in his abdomen. The surviving victims range in age from 16 to 69 years old; none of them has been identified."The West Indian American Day Parade is a joyous event that celebrates the multitude of culture and diversity in our city.
Chell asked that bystanders provide police with any video footage they may have recorded of the shooting. The parade, an annual Labor Day event in its 57th year, turns Eastern Parkway into a kaleidoscope of feather-covered costumes and colorful flags as participants make their way down the thoroughfare alongside floats stacked high with speakers playing soca and reggae music.
In 2016, two people were killed and several others were wounded near the parade route. The year before, Carey Gabay, an aide to then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo was shot in the head during pre-parade festivities. He died nine days later.
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