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.
But instead of allowing all to enjoy a momentous occasion for our city, a gunman turned the celebration into tragedy when he senselessly fired into the…The parade had kicked off hours earlier, with thousands of revelers dancing and marching down Eastern Parkway, a main thoroughfare through the borough. It was expected to continue into the night.Two people were critically wounded, Chell said. The three other victims are expected to survive their injuries, he said. The gunman fled.
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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