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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

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	Cypress Hills shooting victim speaks with News 12 One of the victims in a double shooting in Cypress Hills is talking to News 12 after being released from the hospital. According to 20-year-old Nelson, he and a friend were approached by five men at Hegemon Avenue and Elston Street late Monday night.

	Reward offered in fatal shooting of 1-year-old boy A $12,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy. According to police, Antiq Hennis was shot in the head Sunday night as his parents pushed him in a stroller on Bristol Street, near Livonia Avenue, in Brownsville.

	2 in custody after shooting, stabbing near parade route Two people have been arrested in connection to a double shooting and stabbing near the West Indian Day Parade route along Eastern Parkway. Officials say they received a call at around 5:40 p.m. reporting two men shot at 1680 Bedford Ave. One was seriously injured and the other had been grazed. Both were transported to Kings County Hospital.

	West Indian Day Parade held on Eastern Pkwy. It was a Labor day full of food, music and fun as Brooklyn celebrated one of its most anticipated events of the year, the West Indian Day Parade. The parade, now in its 46th year, has become a tradition of Caribbean food, costumes with plenty of sights and sound from the islands.

	Business at Coney Island to wind down as summer ends Shop owners say business at Coney Island will soon slow down as the summer comes to an end. Business owners say that they are still recovering from out-of-pocket expenses from Superstorm Sandy.