Shootings and stabbings rock area near West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn

The NYPD is investigating multiple shootings and stabbings that happened Monday near the West Indian American Day Parade route.

Police responded to the scene of a 24-year-old man shot in the buttocks at 800 Nostrand Ave., between St. John's Place and Lincoln Place, just after 4 p.m.

"There were a bunch of people fighting. All of a sudden you hear pop, pop. People started running. A person on the ground yelling he was shot," a witness said.

Police say a person of interest was taken into custody and a firearm was recovered, adding the victim was hospitalized and is expected to be okay.

Minutes after that shooting, a 37-year-old woman was shot in the leg and a 19-year-old man suffered graze wounds to both legs near the parade route on Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue, police said. Both are listed in stable condition at Kings County Hospital.

Police were seen gathering evidence at the separate shooting sites just down the street from each other, but it's unclear if they were connected or if the victims were the intended targets.

Just before the start of Monday's festivities in Crown Heights, police say three people were found stabbed.

A 32-year-old man and a 23-year-old man were both stabbed in the neck, and a 36-year-old was stabbed on his face just before 6 a.m. at Utica Avenue and Carroll Street. All are in stable condition at Kings County Hospital.

A 20-year-old man who was slashed on his chin also arrived at the hospital. He was also listed in stable condition.

So far, no arrests have been made in connection to the stabbings.

The NYPD had said prior to this year's celebration that it had increased security measures, following violence in previous years.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.