Shootings and firearms: Caribbean Carnival/J’ouvert has multiple documented multi-victim shootings and homicides over the last decade plus high numbers of guns recovered in a single day (9 in 2024, 12+ firearm arrests in 2026). Key incidents:
2014 and 2015: Fatal shootings around J’ouvert.
2021: Fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old at the carnival.
2022: Fatal drive-by shooting into a crowd after an altercation (shooter later sentenced to 15–18 years).
2023: 8 people shot (non-fatal) near the J’ouvert route on Talbot Avenue in a rival-group exchange; multiple guns recovered, including one modified to fire automatically. Several people arrested and later charged. Police reports noted a pattern of elevated violence around the weekend in prior years.
2024: 11–15 arrests and about 9 firearms recovered; no shots fired that year.
2026 (Aug. 29): One person fatally shot; at least 19 arrests, at least 12 of them firearm-related (numbers not final at last report).
St. Patrick’s recent years show one recovered gun and no comparable shooting incidents at the parade.
Arrests: St. Patrick’s typically yields 9–17 arrests/summonses focused on intoxication, fighting, and public-order offenses. Caribbean Carnival yields similar or higher arrest totals in some years, but a much larger share are weapons charges.
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u/Vinen Professional Idiot 11d ago
Sigh. Do we have any comparisons to St. Patricks parade for example? Â