A 25-year-old man died from his injuries less than a day after a gunman fired multiple shots into a crowd of people attending the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn, police said Tuesday.

The man, identified as Denzel Chan, of Spring, Texas, was shot in the abdomen Monday afternoon, the NYPD said. 


What You Need To Know

  • A 25-year-old man died from his injuries less than a day after a gunman fired multiple shots into a crowd of people attending the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn, police said

  • Authorities said the incident happened around 2:30 p.m. Monday, when a man leaped onto a street divider in Crown Heights and fired his weapon into a crowd multiple times

  • Four other victims — a 69-year-old woman, a 64-year-old man, a 36-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy — were also struck by the gunfire, police said. As of Monday night, all four were in stable condition

Four other victims — a 69-year-old woman, a 64-year-old man, a 36-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy — were also struck by the gunfire, police said. As of Monday night, all four were in stable condition, according to police.

Authorities said the incident happened around 2:30 p.m. when a man in his 20s wearing a brown shirt and a black bandana leaped onto a street divider on Eastern Parkway near Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights and fired his weapon into a crowd multiple times.

At a press conference Monday, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell called the shooting an “intentional act by one person towards a group of people.”

Police have said no arrests have been made, and are urging attendees who may have captured video evidence of the incident on their phones to call 1-800-577-TIPS.

“We need that video,” Chell said. “We are going to solve this, but it’s going to take a lot of work.”

By Monday evening, Mayor Eric Adams and other public officials had issued statements condemning the outburst of gun violence.

“The West Indian American Day Parade is a joyous event that celebrates the multitude of culture and diversity in our city. But instead of allowing all to enjoy a momentous occasion for our city, a gunman turned today’s celebration into tragedy when he senselessly fired into the crowd, hitting multiple revelers,” Adams’ statement read in part.

During his weekly question and answer session with reporters Tuesday, Adams said the NYPD had taken 25 guns off the streets leading up to J’Ouvert, the pre-dawn celebration that takes place in the early morning hours before the parade kicks off.

“Twenty-five guns off the street, pre-J’Ouvert, so we were proactive,” he said. “Some people will say, ‘OK, well, five people were shot.’ Let’s be clear, one nut shot five people. One.”

The mayor doubled down on Chell’s pledge to find the suspect and bring him to justice.

“When you look at that one person — who we’re going to find, that shot five people — when you remove him from the equation, you got hundreds of thousands of people that were out this weekend and really heard the call of a peaceful J’Ouvert and a peaceful West Indian Day Parade,” he said.