AP reported on the 3rd, in 2, “American Labor Day” the same day, the United States many mass shootings. One person was killed and four injured in the West India Festival in New York City, while four people were killed in a shooting in Chicago, Illinois.
A gunman opened fire on a crowd at the Brooklyn Parade in New York at about 14:35 local time, NYPD chief of Patrol John Johan CSÉR said, then fled the scene. Five people were shot and one died of his injuries. CSÉR said the actions of the gunmen were “Not random” but planned and premeditated attacks on specific groups of people. CSÉR called on people at the event to provide video footage they may have taken of the shooting to help police identify the gunman.
Democratic senators and Senate Majority Leaders were Chuck Schumer at the scene at the time of the shooting. He said afterwards that he was “Distressed and troubled by the horrific shooting that occurred during the Brooklyn West Indian American parade” and that “Efforts must continue to end gun violence in the United States”.
According to the report, the Indian American parade is “One of the largest Caribbean cultural celebrations in the world,” and its main participants are Caribbean immigrants living in Brooklyn, New York, and their descendants. Nor is the violence at the march an isolated incident. In 2016, two people were killed and many injured in a shooting near the parade route.
According to NBC News on the 3rd, about 5:30 am local time on the 2nd, Chicago police received a report of a shooting on a commuter train outside the city. Three victims were pronounced dead at the scene and a fourth died of his injuries after being taken to hospital.
Reported that the police access to the scene of surveillance video shows that the four victims were sleeping in the car was shot. Police in Chicago’s Forest Park identified the gunman on surveillance video and arrested him on another subway train in the city. According to the Associated Press, a regular commuter in Chicago said in an interview that day, Chicago train crime is“A reality.”.
In addition to the eastern United States, the central United States in the“Labor Day” day also occurred a number of shootings. Local time 2 am, Nashville, Tennessee, a bar outside a shooting, killing 6 people were injured, the local police are still investigating the incident. In addition, East Cleveland, Ohio, a high school near 2 early in the morning after at least 3 shootings, killing at least 6 people were injured.