A reputed gangbanger was slapped with an attempted murder charge for a shooting during the annual West Indian American Day parade on Monday – as cops said a 14-year-old boy was shot in a separate clash.
Dashawn Fleming, 31 – who sources said is affiliated with the 9 Trey crew – was arrested in connection to a shooting that erupted minutes before 7 p.m. at Nostrand Avenue and Sterling Street in Crown Heights, injuring two other men, authorities said.
A 53-year-old man was shot in the neck and right leg, and another man, 40, was blasted in the right ankle, police said.
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Both victims were hospitalized in stable condition.
Fleming, of Cypress Hills, was arrested at the scene as cops spotted him attempting to flee, authorities and sources said. He was charged with attempted murder and assault, cops said.
A gun was recovered at the scene, as were four shell casings, sources said.
The motive for the violence is under investigation.
The post-parade shooting victims also included a 14-year-old boy, who was struck in the left hand and back when bullets flew around 9:40 p.m. at Rochester Avenue and Eastern Parkway, police said.
He was taken to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.
The motive for the gunplay was unclear, as the teen told cops that he simply heard shots and felt pain, sources said.
The mayhem began around 5:35 p.m., after the final float had passed along the parade route and the city’s Sanitation Department was cleaning up, according to the sources.
A 26-year-old man was shot in the leg and a 42-year-old woman was grazed by a bullet when gunfire rang out along the parade route on Eastern Parkway near Utica Avenue, police said.
Both victims were taken to Kings County Hospital Center in stable condition, according to the NYPD.
The male victim is affiliated with the Blood Hound Brims gang, and has more than two dozen prior arrests, sources said.
He was uncooperative with authorities and the motive for the violence was not immediately known.
Two other men, 26 and 21, were shot on Eastern Parkway near Classon Avenue, also shortly before 7 p.m., cops said.
The older victim was struck in the shoulder and the younger man in the chest, according to authorities.
And just before 10 p.m., a 30-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach and slashed in the hand in front of an apartment building on Lincoln Place near Schenectady Avenue – about a block from where the parade passed hours earlier, police said.
The victim was cleaning up outside when he heard a fight next door and approached the aggressor, who then knifed him, cops said.
Diante Straker was arrested and charged with assault, and the victim went to Brookdale, where he was listed in stable condition.
Earlier in the day, after legions of New Yorkers wrapped up J’Ouvert, the traditional daybreak festivities that mark the start of the carnival, a 46-year-old woman who lives nearby reported that a bullet pierced her window and struck her sofa, sources said.
The woman, who lives on Carroll Street near Ford Street – a few blocks from the parade route, told cops of the discovery minutes before 8 a.m. Monday, the sources said.
One shell casing was found on the roof of her building and no one was hurt, according to the sources.
A record number of NYPD officers were deployed to the festivities that have long been overshadowed by violence, such as when then-Gov. Cuomo aide Carey Gabay was fatally shot in the head during 2015’s J’Ouvert after getting caught in gang crossfire.
Thousands of officers were set to attend the parade, separate from the 2,500-strong deployment in other parts of the city, an NYPD spokesperson said Friday.
Revelers passed through 13 security checkpoints along Empire Boulevard and Nostrand Avenue and were thoroughly screened with handheld metal detectors before entering the parade route.
Spectators also faced two rows of barricades along the parade route, as opposed to the one row from previous years.
