4 Shot, 2 Dead and 2 Others Stabbed at J’ouvert Festivities

Thousands of NYPD officers and light towers did not deter the violence at last night’s J’ouvert festivals, where two people were shot dead and another four were injured from gunshots and stabbings.

Gunshots began ringing out at around 3:50am near Empire Boulevard and Flatbush Avenue and when police arrived they discovered a man and a woman shot within minutes of each other. The man, who was in his late teens, was shot in the chest and later succumbed to his wounds. The woman, 22, was shot in the head and died as well.

At least two others were injured from the gunfire and are expected to survive.

Separately, gunshots rang out at 506 Utica Avenue and two people were injured in stabbings on Linden Boulevard and Nostrand Avenue and on Ocean Avenue and Empire Boulevard. There was also a robbery with a weapon at Rite-Aid on Nostrand Avenue.

The Daily News reported that initially cops outnumbered revelers during a quiet start to J’Ouvert — but the celebration turned violent as revelers marched through Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Crown Heights.

Celebrators continued to dance despite the police investigations along Empire Blvd.

J’ouvurt, a pre-dawn celebration, has been marred each year with violence. Last year Carey Gabay, a lawyer and former aid to governor Cuomo, was shot and killed and finally politicians and the media took note, forcing the event organizers to get permits for the first time in its 20-year-plus history and the NYPD to assign a significant amount of additional resources and manpower.

“It’s cynical that each year there has been at least one homicide during these festivities and after a [politician‘s aid] was killed last year now they all wake up,” said a frustrated resident. “I witness the violence every year, what changed how?” he asked.

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17 Comments

  • Proudly Employed African American

    What a sick government. These trash bags don’t work or pay taxes.

    Why spend millions in tax dollars for a parade of hooligans?

    How many of those marching/shooting /stabbing /public urinating / public fornication. … are tax paying citizens?

    How many of those have jobs? Why are able bodied men and women’s being given thousands of dollars in food stamps and welfare while the real world hard working American citizens pay for this injustice? ? ?

    When will the sane people of this city wake up and realize that we are all working to pay for the welfare and medical insurance for all these trash ?

    How ironic that they celebrate “labor day” when 100 percent of those present don’t participate in any form of “labor” other than in the delivery room. They hanged the name of the holiday from “labor day” to “west Indian day parade”, indeed they have no affiliation with those celebrating Labor day.

    • so what else is new

      take a deep breath………………its elul…………don’t be so swift to judge …………..fyo……plenty of yidden, especially in willy b and crown heights, don’t work and scam the government…………AND then there are yidden within these communities including boro pk and monsey ( Engelwood nj, etc ) who work off the books AND also collect benefits………….this stuff goes on all over this world and within many diferent cultures and communities, for MANY years……… take care

    • Dovid

      You say

      How many of those have jobs? Why are able bodied men and women’s being given thousands of dollars in food stamps and welfare while the real world hard working American citizens pay for this injustice? ? ?

      What about all the able bodied Lubavitchers davening in 770 at 1, 2, and 3 o’clock in the afternoon? Should we take away their food stamps and welfare as well?

    • How lame.

      BLM. Teach that in the public schools instead of free condoms, needles and AIDS “education”.

    • noahide laws

      Teach prayer and the Noahide laws in the public schools. Or at least afterschool

  • ok

    Interesting how many anti-violence flyers do the police have to distribute before the Lag Baomer Parade – Lehavdil?!

  • Picaboo Shimon

    Maybe next year they should add 100,000 national guard troops with tanks and armored trucks in addition to the nypd.

    I am shocked the signs they put up asking people to please don’t shoot or stab anyone didn’t work. Maybe next year make more signs in a variety of languages and have cars with speakers drive around announcing the no violence message so blind people who can’t read the signs also get the message.

  • How lame.

    Nu? Will they ever learn? After the first gunshot (because they were hoping the please don’t shoot posters would really work) the riot squad should have been called in and the”celebrations” cancelled.
    Vote against the Democratic party. We need real leaders running the show.
    Proud Trump supporter.

  • Monique

    There are plenty of taxpayers who enjoy the parade and this time of year for the cultural connection it brings about. I love this time of year its nostalgic for me and many of my fellow military friends who go back home to Brooklyn just for this occasion. Since the flyers didn’t work as many of you already have stated, and cancelling the parade will not happen, what do you suggest be done?

  • DeClasse' Intellectual

    So where is our Jewish community leadership??They should have pressured and pursued actively the moving of this event out this residental neighborhood. Over the years, there have been how many shootings killings and so forth. How many of the residents in Crown Heights have to be sequestered in (including children) because it is unsafe to be outside during this parade?
    Where is our leadership when needed????
    Put up more signs for the criminal element to follow??????? did not it work??
    Political correctness states that what occurs during the event cannot be challenged! Only time you got a reaction was when of Como’s aides got killed.
    Simple solution–move the parade downtown or to Debasio’s neighborhood and we will see an immediate change for the better