5 Shot at Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade

NEW YORK CITY—Five people were shot at the annual West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn on Monday afternoon, said authorities. At around 2:45 p.m., a male shooter opened fire into the crowd on the parade route at 301 Eastern Parkway in the borough’s Crown Heights neighborhood, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD). Four males and one female were shot. Two are critically injured, police said. The police said the shooting was an intentional act by one man aimed at the parade attendees. “This was not random, this was an intentional act. One person going into the group, firing his weapon,” said NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell, adding that it was too early to speak of motive....