15-Year-Old Is Charged in Shooting of Child and 4 Others at J’Ouvert – Reports

A 15-year-old Brooklyn boy was charged on Tuesday with five counts of attempted murder in a shooting the previous day that left a 6-year-old boy, his mother and three men wounded, officials said.

The shooting, which took place at around 3 a.m. Monday in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, marred an unofficial celebration of J’Ouvert, a yearly event before the West Indian American Day Parade that, like the parade, was canceled this year because of the pandemic.

Investigators believe that…

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