"Police and violence prevention groups are making plans to keep residents safe at the West Indian Day Parade and the pre-dawn J'Ouvert carnival this weekend, just two weeks after a mass shooting in Brooklyn killed three people and injured 11 others. Police have not arrested any suspects for the Aug. 17 shooting. Mayor Eric Adams said retaliatory shootings could follow unless violence prevention groups work with family members of the victims to prevent them."
"Hundreds of nonprofit staffers will be out in neighborhoods in Central Brooklyn this weekend, according to a spokesperson for the city department that oversees them. They'll work to address minor infractions like loud music and double-parked cars, and walk with revelers at early-morning parades, two leaders of the groups told Gothamist. The West Indian Day Parade and J'Ouvert are the city's largest annual celebration of West Indian heritage, drawing enormous crowds of revelers to Crown Heights and surrounding neighborhoods."
Police and violence-prevention groups are planning deployments to protect residents during the West Indian Day Parade and pre-dawn J'Ouvert in Central Brooklyn following a mass shooting that killed three and injured 11. No arrests have been made in the Aug. 17 case, and warnings note that retaliatory shootings could occur unless violence-prevention groups work with victims' families. Hundreds of nonprofit staffers will patrol neighborhoods, address minor infractions like loud music and double parking, and walk with revelers at early-morning parades. The large cultural events have seen past shootings, raising political and public-safety stakes amid federal actions involving the National Guard.
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