Massive NYPD patrols during the Labor Day weekend did not prevent 12 people from being shot by late Monday, including one fatality. Seven people aged 14 to 53 were wounded at various points near the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn as the procession was ending; all were hospitalized in stable condition. Five men were shot outside a Bronx bodega on Allerton Avenue after 7:30 p.m., one of whom, Jamari Henry, 24, died. Police arrested multiple persons of interest and said investigations are ongoing. The NYPD deployed thousands of officers, including 2,500 in the Bronx, amid precinct shooting spikes despite citywide declines.
Even with a massive NYPD deployment over the Labor Day weekend, gun violence had still left its mark by late Monday, with one dead and 11 wounded in separate shootings - in Brooklyn, amid the waning moments of the West Indian American Day Parade, and in the Bronx, outside a bodega, officials said Tuesday. Seven people, ranging in ages from 14 to 53 years old, suffered gunshot wounds Monday evening in Brooklyn at various points near the parade route as the procession was ending,
The Bronx shootings took place by a bodega on Allerton Avenue shortly after 7:30 p.m. Monday and led to five men being wounded, one fatally, according to police. The deceased was identified as Jamari Henry, 24, of the Bronx. The other victims were taken to a local hospital in stable condition. Police said they were investigating and multiple persons of interest had been taken into custody.
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