Police have issued an apology to a Brooklyn teenager after wrongly identifying him as a suspect in a high-profile shooting last year.

Fifteen-year-old Camden Lee was in the crowd at the city's annual West Indian American Day parade on Sept. 2, 2024, when gunfire erupted, killing one person and wounding four others.

During an interview on NY1 Sunday, Lee said he was stunned to see a photo of himself on police social media accounts with a caption identifying him as the suspected shooter.

"I was on the way home from practice when a friend of mine sent me a screenshot of the CrimeStoppers image, and I seen it, and everything just went blank,” Lee said. “I was scared. I was thinking about the worst, like the police coming, knocking on my door. Just the worst, me not being able to go to school.”

Wylie Stecklow, a lawyer for the family who also sat down for the interview, said detectives quickly told Lee he was not actually a suspect, and the department deleted the posts containing his picture, but authorities did not immediately issue a public retraction.

That changed after Lee appeared on NY1 over the weekend.

The NYPD released a statement saying, in part, that the department mistakenly stated that Lee was wanted for the fatal shooting rather than saying he was a person of interest.

“The NYPD identified a person of interest who was on the scene before, during, and after the incident, which is supported by video evidence and witness accounts. Social media posts in September mistakenly stated that he was wanted for the fatal shooting, rather than stating that he was a person of interest,” the statement reads. “The NYPD should have immediately corrected this misstatement. We apologize for the error and will continue to seek justice for the victims of this shooting.”

The parade shooting remains unsolved.