5 Shot at Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade

Two were critically injured after a gunman opened fire along the parade route in the Brooklyn area, according to police.

People take part in the 2024 West Indian Day Parade along the Eastern Parkway in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Sept. 2, 2024. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

NEW YORK CITY—Five people were shot at the annual West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn on the afternoon of Sept. 1, according to authorities.

At about 2:45 p.m., a male shooter opened fire into the crowd on the parade route at 301 Eastern Parkway in the borough’s Crown Heights neighborhood, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD).