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Brooklyn parade mass shooting: Mayor Adams lauds NYPD response to march despite deadly gun violence

By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on September 3, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday praised the NYPD’s handling of Brooklyn’s annual West Indian American Day Parade the day prior despite a mass shooting on the parade route that wounded five people—describing the incident as just one “nut” with a gun.

During the mayor’s weekly wide-ranging press conference, he cast the incident, which left one man dead and another critically wounded, as an anomaly among a mostly “peaceful” parade and the preceding J’ouvert celebration.

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Brooklyn parade mass shooting: Mayor Adams lauds NYPD response to march despite deadly gun violence

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