NYPD Offer $10K Reward For Finding The West Indian Day Parade Shooter

BROOKLYN, NY — Police are still searching for the gunman who fired into the crowd at Brooklyn's annual West Indian Day Parade this Labor Day, and on Friday, officials announced that they are offering $10,000 total to anyone who can lead them to the shooter.

While thousands of Brooklynites were celebrating their Caribbean heritage this Labor Day, the gunman sprayed bullets into the crowd while standing on a cement barrier near Eastern Parkway and Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights at about 1:45 p.m. on Sept. 2, officials said.

The perpetrator hit five people at the parade, and parade spectator Denzel Chan, 25, later died at the hospital, NYPD officials said.

The other four victims — a 69-year-old woman, a 64-year-old man, a 36-year-old man, and a 16-year-old boy — survived, NYPD officials said.

NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said the shooter — described as a Black man in his 20s with a slim build wearing a brown shirt with paint stains and a black bandana — "fired his weapon numerous times."

"This was an intentional act by one person toward a group of people," Chell said, adding the parade was not stopped by the shooting.

According to the New York Daily News, the attack was gang-related, and the 16-year-old boy was the target.

Authorities say there is now a combined reward of up to $10,000.

Upon arrest and indictment, CrimeStoppers will pay a finders fee of $3,500, and the NYPD will pay another $6,500 upon arrest and conviction of the perpetrator.

Because of the location of the shooting, Chell said authorities "realize there is an abundance of video" and urged anyone with video or other information to contact the NYPD at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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