Cuomo Aide ‘Not Doing Well'; Police Release Sketch of Man Wanted for Questioning
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First Deputy Counsel Carey Gabay was among three men shot before the West Indian Day Parade festivities in Brooklyn early Monday. Checkey Beckford reports
An aide to Gov. Cuomo remained hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday, a day after being caught in the crossfire between two gangs in Brooklyn in the festivities leading up to the West Indian Day Parade.
A $12,500 reward for information in the shooting of Carey Gabay, a first deputy general counsel at the Empire State Development Corporation, was posted Tuesday morning as the Harvard-educated lawyer fights for his life in a Kings County Hospital bed.
The NYPD Wednesday released a sketch of a man wanted for questioning in the shooting. Witnesses at the scene told police the man was at the scene and described him as 19 or 20 years old, wearing a white T-shirt, black pants and a Jamaican flag around his neck.
Police called Gabay an unintended victim of an exchange of more than two dozen shots from up to three guns at 3:40 a.m. Monday near the parade route. Investigators were still searching for the shooters on Tuesday.
The West Indian Day parade was once again marred by violence Monday, leaving a legal aide for Gov. Cuomo in critical condition with a gunshot wound, two other with shooting injuries and a fourth man dead in a stabbing. Andrew Siff reports
"Our family is thankful for the outpouring of prayers that we've received in the aftermath of this senseless violence," the family said. "Carey has always been an inspiration to all of us and he continues to inspire us with his fight for survival."
"I'm very confident that we will solve that crime," Bratton said.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, shakes hands with spectators as he makes his way along Eastern Parkway in the Brooklyn borough of New York during the West Indian Day Parade Monday Sept. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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Mayor Bill de Blasio, foreground, makes his way along Eastern Parkway in the Brooklyn borough of New York as he takes part in the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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Costumed participants dance as they make their way along Eastern Parkway in the Brooklyn borough of New York during the West Indian Day Parade, Monday Sept. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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Costumed participants dance as they make their way along Eastern Parkway in the Brooklyn borough of New York during the West Indian Day Parade, Monday Sept. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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Ethan Dawson, 6, center, holds the Barbados flag as he sits on the shoulders of his grandfather Willy Dawson as they and others watch the West Indian Day Parade as it makes its way along Eastern Parkway in the Brooklyn borough of New York Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. The Dawson's are from Toronto, Canada. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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New York City Police officers stand on the scene of a fatal stabbing, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York as participants in the West Indian Day Parade pass behind them. Earlier in the day a man was stabbed to death at the location. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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A group of spectators stand on a bench and wave as they watch the West Indian Day Parade make its way along Eastern Parkway in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday Sept. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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Dancers who are members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East participate in the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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A dancer with D'Midas International Boston carries a flag from Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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A dancer with D'Midas International Boston carries a flag from Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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A dancer with the group D'Midas International Boston joins in the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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A dancer with D'Midas International Boston marches in the West Indian Day Parade past the Brooklyn Museum, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Dancers from Jamaica pass the Brooklyn Museum in the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Dancers from Grenada join in the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
The shooting was one of several outbursts of violence in the neighborhoods surrounding the parade. A 24-year-old man was fatally stabbed near Grand Army Plaza.
Bloodshed before or after the West Indian Day celebration has become a sadly familiar part of the parade routine. Last year, a recent parolee opened fire into a crowd of revelers, killing one man and wounding several others. And in 2013, a 1-year-old boy sitting in his stroller was killed by a bullet meant for his father.
Asked about the future of the parade, Bratton said Tuesday, "The political leadership, the community leadership, the communities themselves want that celebration. They've made that quite clear. ... So we will work to the best of our ability to deal with the elements in that community that engage in that violence."
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