Fifteen wounded in Labor Day weekend gunplay: NYPD

Fifteen folks have been shot in New York City over Labor Day Weekend — a major drop from final yr’s vacation weekend, police stated Tuesday.

None of this yr’s shootings have been related to the J’Ouvert competition and West Indian Day Parade, which has generally been marred by violence in the previous, cops stated.

A particular collaboration between the NYPD, metropolis businesses, native clergy and violence interrupters made this yr’s West Indian Parade one of many most secure on file, Mayor Adams stated.

“Instead of NYPD having to do everything to keep the city safe, the double-parked vehicles on neighborhood streets that were often ignored, the (Department of Transportation) was there to immediately tow those vehicles,” Adams stated. “Parties with people disregarding those in their communities by playing music too loudly, the NYPD wasn’t there, the (Department of Environmental Protection) was there with sound meters.”

Three folks have been shot on Saturday, 5 on Sunday and 7 on Monday as gunfire echoed throughout town, cops stated.

That’s a 48% drop from the identical calendar dates final yr, when 29 folks have been wounded in 20 separate shootings Friday by way of Sunday, in line with police. Shooting stats for Labor Day Monday 2021 weren’t instantly made obtainable.

Police stated that 40 unlawful all-terrain autos and two unlawful handguns have been recovered throughout J’Ouvert and the West Indian Day Parade. At least one of many gun arrests passed off in the course of the parade on the entrance to the parade route, NYPD Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell stated.

“Without question the reason the event went smoothly because of the collaborative efforts between the agencies in this room and the relationships forged with the people we served,” Sewell stated throughout a press convention Tuesday at NYPD headquarters in Lower Manhattan. “This is the third best Labor Day weekend we’ve seen in the modern CompStat era.”

It wasn’t instantly disclosed what number of arrests passed off in the course of the weekend celebration.

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NYPD Chief of Patrol Jeffrey Maddrey stated masking J’Ouvert in 2022 was very completely different than in 2001, when he first patrolled the parade route as a lieutenant.

“I think about how much I ran around that night, shooting after shooting, stabbing after stabbing and tragedy after tragedy,” he stated. “Looking at this year, this was the best collaboration I’ve ever seen. You can feel the love in the air out there.”

NYPD Assistant Chief Michael Kemper, the commanding officer of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, stated each police officer assigned to J’Ouvert and the parade got particular coaching in regards to the vacation and its significance. The officers have been addressed by neighborhood and clergy leaders and elected officers earlier than being despatched to their posts.

“It offered so much value and transparency,” Kemper stated. “When I first came on the job and covered this event, when we got our assignments it was very simple: stay at your post. You didn’t understand what was happening. Knowing why they are wearing makeup, why are they throwing powder, why they are excited, just having that level of understanding wasn’t something that existed when I used to cover this event.”

While shootings have been down dring this previous weekend, capturing are up 8% citywide to date this yr. The NYPD has investigated 1,793 shootings this yr by way of Sunday in comparison with 1,659 by this time final yr.

Robbery and assault have jumped by 39% and 18% respectively this yr, NYPD statistics present.

Homicides, nonetheless, had dropped by 12% citywide this yr, with 290 slayings to date in comparison with 331 by this time final yr.