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Reilly, P. (2026, September 7). Multiple people stabbed in Crown Heights as notoriously violent West Indian American Day parade kicks off. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/07/us-news/multiple-people-stabbed-in-crown-heights-as-notoriously-violent-west-indian-american-day-parade-kicks-off/
Reilly, Patrick. “Multiple people stabbed in Crown Heights as notoriously violent West Indian American Day parade kicks off.” New York Post, 7 Sept. 2026, https://nypost.com/2026/09/07/us-news/multiple-people-stabbed-in-crown-heights-as-notoriously-violent-west-indian-american-day-parade-kicks-off/.
Reilly, Patrick. “Multiple people stabbed in Crown Heights as notoriously violent West Indian American Day parade kicks off.” New York Post, September 7, 2026. https://nypost.com/2026/09/07/us-news/multiple-people-stabbed-in-crown-heights-as-notoriously-violent-west-indian-american-day-parade-kicks-off/.
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In Crown Heights, Brooklyn, three men were stabbed early Monday morning, just hours before the West Indian American Day parade was set to kick off. The stabbings occurred around 5:48 a.m. near Carroll Street and Utica Avenue, with a 32-year-old man being stabbed in the neck and a 36-year-old man being stabbed in the face. A third man, 23 years old, was also stabbed in the neck. The victims were rushed to Kings County Hospital, where the 32-year-old man remains in critical condition, while the other two are listed as stable. No arrests have been made yet, and police have a large deployment of officers in the area for the parade. This incident is notable given the history of violence associated with the West Indian American Day parade, which has previously seen stabbings and other crimes. The pre-dawn J'Ouvert Festival was also taking place nearby at the time of the stabbing.