Overview
- City and NYPD ran one of their largest security operations of the year on Monday, Sept. 7, with 13 magnetometer entry points, aviation and mounted units, specialized teams, and thousands of officers along Eastern Parkway.
- Before J'Ouvert began early Monday, multiple stabbings in Crown Heights wounded four people and left a 32-year-old man in critical condition at Kings County Hospital.
- Hours later two separate afternoon shootings near the parade route injured two people, and police detained at least one suspect and recovered a firearm at one scene.
- Despite the violence, parade organizers kept the event on schedule and enforced an earlier 5:30 p.m. closing time while extensive street closures and transit embargoes remained in effect.
- Investigations and a manhunt are active for the stabbing incidents, city officials say, and the events have renewed debate about whether heavy screening and large police deployments will change long‑running safety trends at the carnival.