Three people were shot near the route of the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn on Monday afternoon, adding to the day\u2019s bloodshed, law-enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n
The first shooting happened around 4 p.m. near 798 Nostrand Ave. in Crown Heights, when a 24-year-old man took a bullet to the butt, according to sources.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were a bunch of people fighting at the top of the block. \u2026 And then all of the sudden, you hear, \u2018Pop, pop,\u2019\u201d said a witness named Edward.<\/p>\n
A shooting victim is treated by NYPD officers in front of 798 Nostrand Ave. near the West Indian Day Parade route in Brooklyn on Monday. Peter Gerber<\/p>\n
NYPD officers responding to the shooting on 798 Nostrand Ave. in Brooklyn Peter Gerber<\/p>\n
A person is taken into custody near the route. Peter Gerber<\/p>\n
The wounded man was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition, according to sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pictures showed cops taking someone into custody at the scene.<\/p>\n
Another man and a woman were then shot in a separate incident at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue, also in Crown Heights, just a little after 4 p.m, sources said.<\/p>\n
Blood seen on the shoes of a person involved in the shooting on Eastern Parkway at Kingston Ave. on Monday. Georgett Roberts\/NY Post<\/p>\n
A person under arrest near the West Indian Day Parade route. Georgett Roberts\/NY Post<\/p>\n
The 37-year-old woman was blasted in the leg, while the 19-year-old man was grazed by bullets on both of his legs, law-enforcement sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two were transported to Kings County hospital in stable condition, sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cops are still looking for the shooter in the second blasting, according to sources.<\/p>\n