Six people shot, one slashed in NYC violence after West Indian Day Parade ends Monday evening
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A Labor Day celebration in Brooklyn culminated in violence with at least six people shot and another slashed in separate incidents following the West Indian Day Parade, according to the NYPD.

Police said the shootings and stabbings occurred across four locations in Crown Heights as parade crowds dispersed between late afternoon and early evening, per Fox 5 NY.

The first report came at 5:35 p.m. near 1098 Eastern Parkway, where a woman in her 40s was grazed in the back and a man in his 20s was shot in the leg. Both were hospitalized and are in a stable condition.

Brooklyn Parade

Police are investigating multiple shootings and a slashing that injured seven people in Crown Heights following Monday’s West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn.

He was hospitalized in critical condition. A 40-year-old woman was also shot in the ankle and later arrived at the hospital in stable condition.

Police said a person of interest is in custody but offered no details about possible connections between the incidents. 

The identities of the victims have also not been released, and no charges have been announced. The investigation is ongoing.

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