Three people were shot and one person was stabbed after Sunday's Bronx Dominican parade near the Grand Concourse.
"It's supposed to be a day where you have fun and celebrate your country and bad things happen, when are you gonna stop, you know?" Bronx resident Ashley Torres said.
Witnesses said they heard the gun shots ring out, sending the crowd scrambling for safety. It was a devastating end to the festivities following a celebration of Dominican heritage in the South Bronx.
Police say there were three violent incidents in the area: a 19-year-old man stabbed in the hip; a 24-year-old man shot in the buttocks; and a man and woman, both 19, shot in the neck and ankle, in the same location. A fourth person was shot elsewhere in the Bronx.
Police said the violence happened during a 90-minute span shortly after the end of the parade.
All of the victims were taken to local hospitals where they continued to be treated for the injuries on Monday. They were listed as stable.
Gun violence happened continued into Monday morning with the fatal shooting of two men in Throggs Neck.
The people behind the violence are still at large, and police are asking anyone with information to come forward.
The Mayor and Police Commissioner held a news conference on Sunday to announce historic reductions in the number of shootings across the five boroughs.
They highlighted the NYPD's removal of 3,000 illegal guns taken off the streets in the first half of the year.
"We are at the lowest number of shooting incidents and the lowest number of shooting victims ever recorded in New York City," Police Commissioner Jessica tisch said.
But on the streets of the Bronx, the Mayor's eye-opening facts and the people's every day experiences represent two very different realities.
"The things that he is saying are not true. There is more violence, there's more guns in these streets than ever," Bronx resident Denise Scott said.
In their eyes, crime is just as bad as it was years and decades ago.
"I don't believe that there are that many differences from now compared to then when it comes to the way that crime occurs," Cordroy Charles said.
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