Violence mars Caribbean parade in N.Y.

NEWYORK— Revelry, cultural pride and newly tightened security mixed Monday at one of the largest U.S. celebrations of Caribbean communities, as the city tried to ensure safety at an event that has been marred by nearby violence. But some still happened.

One man was shot and another stabbed near the Caribbean Carnival parade route Monday evening, police said.

Still, officials noted, an early morning pre-parade celebration unfolded safely after its start time was moved to try to avoid trouble.

In all, thousands of revelers, musicians, dancers and costumed troupes turned out to bounce to the steel-drum beat of Brooklyn’s melting-pot Labor Day tradition: a daylong West Indian party, featuring a morning festival called J’ouvert, which combines the French words “jour” and “ouvert” and refers to daybreak, and an afternoon Caribbean Carnival parade.

In 2015, an aide to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo was killed by a stray bullet. Last year, 17-year-old Tyreke Borel was shot and killed and a 72-year-old woman was grazed in the arm.

Soon after, a 22-year-old woman, Tiarah Poyau, was shot in the head just a block away and died.

This year, a 22-year-old man was shot in the torso Monday evening, and a 20-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen about an hour and a half later, police said.

Both men were wounded in the same area along the parade route. It’s not immediately clear whether those involved were participating in the festivities.

The men were taken to area hospitals. The shooting victim was in stable condition, firefighters said; the other man’s condition wasn’t immediately available.