Posted: 9/7/2015 12:23:53 PM EDT
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More gun laws to come!
Question is.... Why is a "family man" out at 02:00 HRS? http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/07/one-dead-and-several-injured-during-violence-ahead-of-new-yorks-west-indian-day-parade/71836546/?hootPostID=a5ed419aa2f738d73105c611476111fc 1 dead, Cuomo aide shot in NYC parade violence Matthew Diebel, USATODAY 11:45 a.m. EDT September 7, 2015 A man was killed and several more injured – one of them reportedly an aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo – during a series of stabbings and shootings in the lead-up to Monday's West Indian Day parade in New York City, according to local media. The stabbing death and the first shooting happened at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza, the destination of the parade, according to the (New York) Daily News. The violence broke out about 2 a.m. near where the separate pre-dawn J'Ouvert march was scheduled to start at 4 a.m., a New York Police Department spokesman told the newspaper. One man had a gunshot wound and another was stabbed, police said. The two men were rushed to New York Methodist Hospital in the nearby Park Slope neighborhood where the stabbing victim, age 24, died from his injuries. The shooting victim, 21, was shot in the buttocks, according to WABC-TV. He is expected to recover, according to officials interviewed by WCBS-TV. Meanwhile, the Cuomo aide, Carey Gabay, 43, who is the Empire State Development first deputy counsel, was shot in the head in nearby Crown Heights about 3:40 a.m., police told the Daily News and the Associated Press. Emergency responders rushed him to Kings County Hospital in grave condition. According to the New York Post, Gabay, who was appointed to the governor's administration in January and whose wife is pregnant with their first child, was with his brother and some friends when they walked past an argument and a bullet struck him in the head. Cuomo expressed his shock after the incident in a news release. "Early this morning, Carey Gabay — a member? of our administration — was shot in Brooklyn. Carey is now in critical condition at Kings County Hospital," the governor said. "Carey is an outstanding public servant who joined our administration in 2011. He is a Harvard-educated lawyer who works for the state because he wants to give back to others and make a difference. He is just 43 years old and is a kind-hearted man. Carey is a friend to all who have the pleasure of meeting him. I ask that New Yorkers join us by keeping him, his wife Trenelle and his family in their prayers at this time. "This tragic shooting — this one by another seemingly random bullet — is the latest heartbreaking reminder that the crime of gun violence must stop. Enough young, innocent people have died, and it must stop now," Cuomo said. Less than an hour after Gabay was shot, according to the News, a 39-year-old man was shot in East Flatbush, officials said. He also was taken to Kings County Hospital and was expected to survive, police said. At about the same time, another man was shot in Crown Heights, police told the newspaper. The 20-year-old victim also was taken to Kings County Hospital. A suspect was arrested and a firearm was recovered at the scene of the shooting, police told the News. Investigations were ongoing in earlier shootings and stabbing, sources said. The NYPD had dispatched an additional 1,500 police to patrol the overnight parties and march prior to the West Indian Day Parade, the News reported. The annual parade runs along Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn and often is marred by violence. As many as 2 million people were expected to line the sides of Eastern Parkway for the parade, according to WCBS. The event celebrates Caribbean cultures and features elaborate costumes and scores of dancers. |