Police are looking for the man who shot five people at the parade in Crown Heights on Monday.
The gunman who shot and killed a man and injured four others at the West Indian Day Parade on Monday is still at large, NYPD officials said.
Police are requesting the public’s help in finding the man, who they say jumped over a police barricade at Franklin Avenue and Eastern Parkway and shot five people, fatally wounding 25-year-old Denzel Chan. Four other victims ranging from 16 to 69 years old are still recovering from their injuries.NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey described the chaotic scene at a news conference on Wednesday after he was asked about how the gunman was able to escape amid such a large police presence.
Police officials said gun violence is nowhere near where it was historically. About a decade ago, police logged 14 weekend shootings with 24 victims in the area surrounding the J’Ouvert and Carnival festivities, according to NYPD Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael LiPetri.Officials said they confiscated 13 guns in the surrounding area after Monday's shooting.
Top City Hall and NYPD officials spoke this week about their personal connections to the West Indian Day Parade. NYPD First Deputy Commissioner Tania Kinsella said she has attended the parade since she was a child. Maddrey said he has worked the event every year since 1998.“I walked on J’Ouvert night, and I was proud to see people out there not being afraid. Young kids, babies, grandmothers, aunties from everywhere felt safe … to be out there until 3, 4, 5 o’clock in the morning," she said.
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