Sep 08, 2026
The 19-year-old arrested in connection a shooting during the West Indian Day Parade on Monday had been released on bail just over a month prior for his alleged role in a separate shooting, police said. Wearing a “Just Do It” T-shirt, Nayshawn Wilkinson kept his head down and said nothing as p olice led him out of a Brooklyn police precinct Tuesday afternoon, charged with assault and weapon possession offenses. Police said he was responsible for shooting a 24-year-old man in the backside toward the end of the parade in Crown Heights over the holiday weekend. Security video showed the chaos unfold on Nostrand Avenue on Monday, as crowds of people could be seen running for cover moments after gunfire sent paradegoers into frenzy. The gunfire came a little more than a month after Wilkinson was freed on bail for a different shooting in Brooklyn. According to court records, Wilkinson faces attempted murder and other charges in the previous incident. Attorney information for Wilkinson was not immediately available. Those who live in the area and attend the annual celebration of Caribbean culture voiced frustration that the violence at the parade garners more attention than similar crimes that happen in the neighborhood on any other day. “Crime in our neighborhood is high. Ain’t nobody really doing nothing about any other time other than Labor Day weekend,” said Angie Francis. While the West Indian Day Parade was largely peaceful this year, police said there were a handful of incidents in addition to the Nostrand Avenue shooting. The NYPD also said a woman was shot near Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue. A man was also grazed in the leg. The violence broke out less than two hours before the parade was scheduled to wrap at 5:30 p.m., earlier than in years past in an attempt by city officials to curb violence that has occurred in previous parades. Police established check points with metal detectors and were not allowing bags along the parade route. Hours before the parade, around 6 a.m., three men were stabbed as annual J’Ouvert celebrations were about to begin. The NYPD said investigators were looking for one person said to be responsible for attacks on all three men shortly before 6 a.m. in Crown Heights. Police had two separate crime scenes along Utica Avenue at Carroll Street and President Street. At least one of the victims, a man stabbed in the neck, was critically wounded and fighting for his life. The other two men were expected to survive. Police said the men were ages 23, 32 and 36. Investigations into each of the violent incidents were ongoing. ...read more read less
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