On Sept. 1 during Brooklyn's West Indian Day Parade, seven people were shot and one person was slashed despite an increased police presence. Shots and injuries occurred at multiple locations including Eastern Parkway and Utica Avenue, Eastern Parkway and Classon Avenue, and Nostrand Avenue and Sterling Street. Victims ranged in age from their 20s to their 50s and were transported to Kings County Hospital in stable condition. A man slashed across the face fled into a train station, was treated by officers, and refused further care. Police arrested 31-year-old Dashawn Fleming and charged him in connection with an incident.
Seven people were shot, and one person was slashed in the area surrounding Brooklyn's West Indian Day Parade on Labor Day despite a surge of cops along the route. Photo by Dean Moses Seven people were shot, and one person was slashed in the area surrounding Brooklyn's West Indian Day Parade on Labor Day despite a surge of cops along the route. They're working around the clock to ensure that all New Yorkers who visit and participate will do so in a safe way, Mayor Eric Adams said of authorities last week, leading up to the notoriously troubled parade.
The first incident occurred around 5:35 p.m. on Sept. 1 as the parade was still in full swing. Police say shots erupted on Eastern Parkway and Utica Avenue and injured two people. Law enforcement sources said a man in his 20s was struck by a bullet in the leg, while a 42-year-old woman was left with a graze wound to her buttocks. Both victims were rushed to Kings County Hospital in stable condition. Just after 6 p.m. Monday, authorities said, a man was attacked with a knife and slashed across his face on Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Avenue, cops said. He fled into a nearby train station and was treated by cops, but refused further medical attention and was uncooperative with police. Just before 7 p.m. on Sept. 1, police reported that two people were shot along Eastern Parkway and Classon Avenue: a 36-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the shoulder and a 21-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the chest. Both were taken to Kings Country Hospital in stable condition. Around the same time on Nostrand Avenue and Sterling Street, a 53-year-old man was shot in the neck and right leg, while a 40-year-old man was hit in the left ankle. Both were treated at Kings County Hospital and listed in stable condition. In this incident, police cuffed 31-year-old Dashawn Fleming and charged him
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