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immediate action required on a day-to-day basis from all of our officers. we re so thankful they are part of so many important city events. today and the rest of the day is going to be a really wonderful celebration. you see not only our officers and partners out in full force, but community members, organizers, people from every generation coming out to celebrate. this is the 50th anniversary of the carnival. that s thanks to the incredible dedication and leadership of people like shirley shillingford and so many organizers who have weathered not only ups and downs in temperatures of temperature and rain, but keeping this tradition going that is important for so many through difficult moments of having the funds to keep it going and encouraging the new generation of members to get involved. i m most of all thankful to miss
shirley shillingford and the team for ensuring boston has one of the strongest and most vibrant carnival celebrations anywhere. we re going to have a great rest of the day. we ve been hearing from a variety of officials there, the mayor of boston, the police commissioner after a very disturbing morning, a shooting taking place at the caribbean festival on its 50th year that they have had that for this city and today a shooting. now it s led to the injuries of seven people, none life-threatening. the police commissioner there saying there have been some arrests, but they re still looking for more suspects. reporter: at least two suspects arrested is what we just heard from the police commissioner, as well as several weapons seized. a total of seven people were injured as part of the shooting. one of the most important
'It is joyful. It is necessary': Boston's Caribbean Carnival persists after shooting masslive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from masslive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.