Officials did not elaborate on what may have led to the shooting — but said a large group of people had gathered on the boardwalk in Brooklyn when someone started shooting.
A 31-year-old man is in critical condition in hospital after being shot in the back, police said.
The other four victims are in stable condition and include: a 27-year-old woman who was shot in the leg; a 26-year-old woman who was also shot in the leg. a 36-year-old man who was shot and wounded in the chin. and a 19-year-old man who was shot in the leg.
Police have not released a description of the assailant and the weapon used has not been found.
The shooting was one of several violent incidents in the city over the weekend.
A 14-year-old boy was stabbed and killed in Harlem near 137th Street and the Broadway train station after “an argument or dispute started on the street and continued into the train station where a fight occurred,” NYPD Transit Chief Jason Wilcox said.
Hours later, the NYPD responded to another call in Queens that resulted in officers fatally shooting a man who brandished a gun. The man had called police threatening to “wipe the head off the first officers he saw,” Police Chief Jeffrey B. Madrey said.
When police arrived at the scene, the suspect was located and, after a brief verbal exchange, the man brandished a firearm and pointed it at police, Maddrey said.
Six officers and the suspect exchanged gunfire before the suspect was subdued, arrested and taken to the hospital where he died.
A little more than an hour later, another officer-involved shooting occurred in Brooklyn when police stopped an unmarked vehicle and a passenger jumped out and fled on foot.
After a chase, the suspect turned and fired multiple shots at an officer, according to Maddrey. The officer returned fire and struck the suspect in the chest. The suspect was taken to a hospital and later died.
New York City officials have placed an increased focus on the safety of residents and the response of law enforcement in subways amid a rise in crime, including a mass shooting at a Brooklyn subway station in April. The city has seen a nearly 38 percent increase in major crimes this year through July 3 compared to the same period in 2021, according to statistics released by the NYPD. Historically, crime rates are still lower now than in previous decades, including the 1980s and 1990s.
