A Canarsie event space remained sealed off with caution tape Sunday, one day after police say a 41-year-old man was shot in the left leg during a daytime shooting that has left neighbors and nearby business owners shaken.<\/p>\n
According to police, the shooting happened just after 11:15 a.m. outside 8922 Avenue D. The victim was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where officials say he is recovering in stable condition.<\/p>\n
For people who work nearby, the violence hit close to home.<\/p>\n
“That’s shocking, you know? I know that stuff was going on over here. I didn’t know that it happened so darn close,” Eli, a barber who works next door, said.<\/p>\n
Neighbors say what began as a baby shower inside the event space escalated into violence after an argument broke out. Witnesses told News 12 the suspected gunman fled through the back door of a neighboring recording studio before running down the street.<\/p>\n
The shooting has also taken a toll on nearby businesses.<\/p>\n
“It sounds like they must have used the exit on the outside to come out or something. I don’t know, but It’s unfortunate that whatever happened next door is affecting the business. I’m just hoping that they let us operate,” Eli said.<\/p>\n
Despite the investigation unfolding next door, celebrations continued nearby. A mother hosting her daughter’s first birthday party said seeing police outside the venue was unsettling.<\/p>\n
“This morning when I came here. I saw the cops over here. And I said, oh, my God. It kind of feel, you know, feels scary for me having my first daughter’s birthday here,” Claudette said.<\/p>\n
Residents say they hope the shooting serves as a turning point for the neighborhood and are calling for stronger action to reduce gun violence.<\/p>\n
“It’s sad that things like this keep happening with guns. I think we need more restrictions on gun control so people could stop shooting each other. It’ll just help the community and help innocent bystanders from being hurt,” Jeff, a resident, said.<\/p>\n
Police have not announced any arrests. Detectives are asking anyone with information to come forward as they work to determine what led to the shooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Canarsie event space remained sealed off with caution tape Sunday, one day after police say a 41-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-312129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}