NYC West Indian American Day Parade shooting in Brooklyn injures 5, police say
NEW YORK -- Multiple people were shot at New York City's West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn on Monday, police said.
Five people were shot when a gunman in Crown Heights "fired his weapon numerous times into a crowd," NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said.
The suspect was not in custody.
Two of the shooting victims were in critical condition. The others were expected to survive, police said. Four victims are male and one is female, we're told.
"This was an intentional act"
The shooting happened at around 1:45 p.m. on a sidewalk near Eastern Parkway between Classon and Franklin avenues.
"This was an intentional act by one person towards a group of people. We do not, by no means, have any active shooter or anything of that nature running around Eastern Parkway as we speak. The parade is going on. It will go on until later on tonight," Chell said.
The parade is a Labor Day tradition in Brooklyn and considered one of the borough's biggest events of the year. It was not disrupted by the shooting.
Police searching for suspected gunman
Police said they were looking for a 6-foot-tall man with a slim build, wearing a bandana over his face and a brown shirt splattered with paint. The suspect is believed to be in his 20s.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.
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