Multiple violent incidents occurred along Eastern Parkway during Brooklyn's West Indian Day Parade and J'Ouvert, including two shootings near Utica Avenue at about 5:35 p.m., a man slashed near Nostrand Avenue at about 6:12 p.m., and two more shootings near Classon Avenue at about 6:55 p.m. Four shooting victims and a slashed man were reported; EMS transported the shooting victims to Kings County Hospital in stable condition, while the slashed man refused treatment. No arrests were reported. The NYPD deployed thousands of officers, added 2,500 at city trouble spots, and planned two rows of barricades around the parade.
On Friday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch declared "thousands" of cops would be detailed along the West Indian Day Parade route down Eastern Parkway and the neighboring streets for the J'Ouvert celebration. In addition, 2,500 more cops were posted at trouble spots in boroughs around the city as part of an overall anti-violence initiative for the end-of-summer weekend. The West Indian Parade and J'Ouvert are perennially among the biggest events for the NYPD in terms of sheer manpower deployed.
Last year, a gunman jumped a barricade during the parade and wildly opened fire, wounding a 16-year-old gang rival and striking four others, killing a 25-year-old man. That shooting is still unsolved. Tisch had vowed the parade would this year would have two rows of barricades surrounding the event, like "a moat." "As always, the NYPD, along with our law enforcement partners, remain vigilant," she asserted.
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