Dozens of family members and friends gathered to remember a 25-year-old at his funeral in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, on Monday.

Thousands of people came out to celebrate this year’s West Indian American Day Parade. It was Denzel Chan’s first time at the celebration and a time for him to celebrate his Guyanese heritage.

“He came from Texas and decided he wanted to join Labor Day with the rest of us as we go out there. It’s just tragic,” Chan’s cousin Taeshawn John said.

John was with Chan that afternoon when a gunman shot into the crowd, killing Chan and injuring four others.

“There are too many guns on the street,” John said.

Police say they continue to search for Chan’s killer.

“If you know who this person is, you need to say something because there are families that are mourning,” Councilmember Farah Louis said.

Louis said in the last few years, the parade has been peaceful.

Since 2011, though, there have been at least four years where gun violence has soured the celebration.

“There are some opportunities to learn what we can do differently that we haven’t done before,” Louis said.

Louis said conversations are starting now on what can be done, so a family like Chan’s doesn’t end what should be a celebration with mourning, and a mother doesn’t have to go back home without her son.

“We’re all young, Black children, out there. Certain children go through certain phases. They retaliate to do certain things. And all I’m asking for is justice,” John said.

So far this year, more than 4,600 guns have been taken off the city’s streets, officials said.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to reach out to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.