$12,500 Reward for Info on Parade Shooting of Gov. Cuomo Staffer

NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce announced on Tuesday that anyone with information regarding the Labor Day shooting of 43-year-old Carey Gabay, counsel for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, would be rewarded $12,500.

It’s the latest attempt to narrow a manhunt for the gunman who shot Gabay in the head during pre-parties on Monday for the annual West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn.

Police believe Gabay was randomly caught in cross-gang gunfire on Bedford Avenue and Sullivan Place, near Prospect Park, around 3:40 a.m.

“We have recovered a firearm,” NYPD Assistant Chief Patrick Conry said at a news conference. ”Based on ballistics evidence recovered, it appears that there were two groups of people shooting back and forth at each other.”

Gabay, a Clinton Hill resident and soon-to-be father, is currently in a coma at Kings County Hospital “surrounded by his loved ones,” his family said in a statement.

“Our family is thankful for the outpouring of prayers that we’ve received in the aftermath of this senseless violence,” the statement said. “Carey has always been an inspiration to all of us and he continues to inspire us with his fight for survival.”

Gabay was appointed first-deputy counsel of Empire State Development, the governor’s economic development agency, in January.

“Carey is an outstanding public servant who joined our administration in 2011,” Cuomo said in the hours after the shooting. “He is a Harvard-educated lawyer who works for the State because he wants to give back to others and make a difference.”

The violence against Gabay was among at least three shootings along the parade route in the wee hours of Labor Day, in which four people were injured (including Gabay) and one young man was killed.

“This tragic shooting — this one by another seemingly random bullet — is the latest heartbreaking reminder that the crime of gun violence must stop,” Cuomo said. “Enough young, innocent people have died, and it must stop now.”