Cuomo Lawyer Shot in Head and Local Cafe Owner Murdered in Same Week
Carey Gabay. Photo via NYS Office of the Governor In the early hours of Monday’s West Indian Day Parade, a volley of gunfire injured Cuomo administration lawyer Carey Gabay. The 43-year-old Harvard graduate and First Deputy Counsel for the Empire State Development Corporation was shot in the head by a passing bullet and remains in critical…
Carey Gabay. Photo via NYS Office of the Governor
In the early hours of Monday’s West Indian Day Parade, a volley of gunfire injured Cuomo administration lawyer Carey Gabay. The 43-year-old Harvard graduate and First Deputy Counsel for the Empire State Development Corporation was shot in the head by a passing bullet and remains in critical condition.
Gabay had been celebrating J’Ouvert with his family. He was shot around 3:40 a.m. near the corner of Bedford Avenue and Sullivan Place, according to the New York Times.
Gabay’s tragic shooting comes just days after the death of another innocent in Brooklyn.
Beloved local and the owner of a recently opened Prospect Lefferts Gardens cafe, Rickie Young was murdered across the street from where he was brought up, according to the Q at Parkside. Young drove himself to Kings County Hospital Center at 5 a.m. on Friday, with gunshot wounds to his shoulder and jaw, Gothamist reported. Despite doctor’s attempts to save him, he died from his wounds.
Rickie Young. Photo from Facebook, via Gothamist
Despite the NYPD proclaiming this summer to be New York’s safest on records, meaningless violence clearly still persists in Brooklyn. What can be done to prevent these senseless deaths without punishing everyone for the bloodshed wrought be a few bad actors?
Cuomo Administration Lawyer Is Shot in Head Before West Indian Day Parade [NYT]
Owner of New Prospect Lefferts Gardens Cafe Fatally Shot [Gothamist]
Shooting. Plus Reality Check on Shootings [Q Parkside]
Brooklyn Crime Coverage [Brownstoner]
I dunno, I’ve been to this parade in the past but with the record of violence for at least the past three years, I don’t get its allure anymore. I don’t know why anyone would want to risk getting shot when going to this parade. My desire is long gone.
^^Oh, and RIP Mr. Gabay and condolences to his family.
I dunno, I’ve been to this parade in the past but with the record of violence for at least the past three years, I don’t get its allure anymore. I don’t know why anyone would want to risk getting shot when going to this parade. My desire is long gone.
^^Oh, and RIP Mr. Gabay and condolences to his family.
How many more murders have to take olace before they end the parade and the festivities that precede it? The parade does nothing except give pandering politicians a platform to promote themselves.
Secondly, with all the proud flag waving going on, why are those Island nations still a complete mess
How many more murders have to take olace before they end the parade and the festivities that precede it? The parade does nothing except give pandering politicians a platform to promote themselves.
Secondly, with all the proud flag waving going on, why are those Island nations still a complete mess
Conservative extremists should think more deeply about sensible gun regulations.
Conservative extremists should think more deeply about sensible gun regulations.
It will definitely increase the chance of finding them, gun violence and murders are up, despite the mayors denial. I believe stop and frisk should be used for sure, but the NYPD has to use it carefully and not to abuse it. Middle of the road is best when it come to stop and frisk. Liberal extremist should look at these tragedies and think again.