This year’s West Indian Day Parade was marred by an unusual amount of violence, not seen in past years parade. The parade violence was preceded by a particularly gruesome J'ouvert celebration the night before. CrownHeights.info has compiled a list of serious incidents throughout the day.

Two cops were wounded in a gun battle Monday night, capping off a terrifying spate of shootings that left four people dead on Monday - one a bystander - and marred Brooklyn's West Indian Day Parade.

Two cops were wounded in a gun battle Monday night, capping off a terrifying spate of shootings that left four people dead on Monday - one a bystander - and marred Brooklyn's West Indian Day Parade.

An inseparable part of the West Indian-American Day Parade is a nighttime celebration called J'ouvert. It is a night feared and dreaded by the police, both for their own safety and the amount of people who get shot and stabbed throughout the night. This year was no different, with a number of fatalities as well as people shot and stabbed all around the area.

GREAT NECK, NY [CHI] — It is every parent’s worst nightmare, and for Rabbi Yitzchok and Tamar Chayempour, Shluchim in Great Neck, Long Island, it came true this morning when their live-in maid walked out and vanished with their six-month old daughter Esti.

GREAT NECK, NY [CHI] — It is every parent’s worst nightmare, and for Rabbi Yitzchok and Tamar Chayempour, Shluchim in Great Neck, Long Island, it came true this morning when their live-in maid walked out and vanished with their six-month old daughter Esti.

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A Jewish woman was attacked, shoved to the ground and robbed on Eastern Parkway Monday morning as she was about to enter an apartment building, and the entire incident was captured on a surveillance camera.

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A shoplifter walked into Sunshine Pharmacy on Kingston Avenue today and helped himself to a backpack full of items only to be caught an arrested.

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Two young teenagers walked into Sterling Electronics this afternoon with the intention of ripping them off, only the sharp eyed store workers spotted them stuffing their pockets with electronics and called Shomrim.

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A thief broke into a minivan and nearly got away with it thanks to the NYPDs dawdling response time – taking over fifteen minutes to respond to the incident, despite repeated calls from Shomrim volunteers and dispatchers.