A 19-year-old man out on bail for a pending attempted murder case was arrested for shooting a man in the buttocks during Brooklyn’s annual West Indian Day Parade celebration, officials said Tuesday.
Nayshawn Wilkinson was charged with attempted manslaughter, assault and weapons possession for wounding his 24-year-old victim Monday afternoon, cops said.
The victim was struck by gunfire on Nostrand Ave. near St. Johns Place in Crown Heights — about two blocks from the parade route — at around 4 p.m., police said.
Medics rushed the wounded man to Kings County Hospital, where he’s expected to survive.
Police took Wilkinson into custody at the scene, where they also recovered a .22-caliber handgun.
The shooting occurred as Wilkinson was out on bail for another Brooklyn shooting on July 22, court records show.
Bashir Hudgins had to undergo surgery to remove a bullet fragment from his foot after he was shot on Fulton St. near Sackman St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 7 p.m., according to a criminal complaint.
Wilkinson was arrested Aug. 4 and charged with attempted murder, assault, harassment and weapons possession for shooting Hudgins, but was released on $5,000 bail, records show.
The suspected shooter lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant just a few blocks away from where Hudgins was wounded, cops said.
Wilkinson is the first person charged in a rash of bloody shootings and stabbings that left at least seven people wounded during Monday’s celebration.
The violence kicked off when four people were bloodied in a stabbing at Utica Ave and Carroll St. in Crown Heights around 5:48 a.m. — just minutes before J’Ouvert, the celebration that takes place before the parade, officially started at 6 a.m. — cops said.
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Police investigate after three people were stabbed on Utica Ave. and Carroll St. in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
Medics rushed two men, aged 23 and 32, with stab wounds to their necks and a 36-year-old man stabbed in the face to Kings County Hospital in stable condition.
A 20-year-old man slashed on the chin arrived at Kings County Hospital after traveling there by private means, where he too is expected to survive.
The violence capped off with a double shooting around 4:07 p.m., when a 37-year-old woman was shot in the leg, and a 19-year-old was grazed in both legs after a gunman opened fire on Eastern Parkway near Kingston Ave., police said.
Both victims were taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition.
The annual festivities celebrating Caribbean culture draw millions to Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, but are routinely tarnished by shootings and stabbings.
On Friday, Mayor Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced they’re ending the West Indian Day Parade, which starts at 11 a.m., a half hour early to try to prevent violence.
“In the past this parade has been accompanied by unacceptable violence, making it difficult for New Yorkers to celebrate joyfully and safely,” Mamdani said Friday. “That is why City Hall’s Office of Community Safety, the NYPD and our partners in the crisis management system have developed a comprehensive security plan to ensure that this year’s West Indian Day Parade and J’Ouvert can run smoothly and safely.”
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A blood-soaked chain is pictured after three people were stabbed on Utica Ave. and Carroll St. in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
Last year, six people were shot and wounded in three separate incidents and one person was slashed as the celebration wound down for the evening, according to cops.
In 2024, a gunman jumped a barricade during the parade and wildly opened fire, wounding a 16-year-old gang rival and striking four others, killing a 25-year-old man.