Left-Wing Judge Let Man Out After Attempted Murder Charge. He Was Arrested In Another Shooting.

A 19-year-old Brooklyn man accused of attempted murder was released on $5,000 bail last month despite prosecutors asking that he be held in confinement. Now, police say he has been arrested again after shooting another man near New York City’s West Indian Day Parade.

Nayshawn Wilkinson was arrested Tuesday and is facing a new attempted murder charge stemming from a Monday afternoon shooting near Nostrand Avenue and St. Johns Place in Brooklyn, along the route of the annual parade. Police say a 24-year-old man was shot in the buttocks. The victim was hospitalized and is expected to survive. Wilkinson was taken into custody, and a firearm was recovered, according to authorities.

The arrest came less than five weeks after Wilkinson was released in an earlier attempted murder case. Wilkinson was arrested in July after firing a gun twice at a 15-year-old boy near the Callahan-Kelly Playground in Brownsville, according to the criminal complaint cited by the New York Post. The teenager was struck in the foot and required surgery, while prosecutors said a .22-caliber bullet fragment was recovered from the wound. Wilkinson was charged with attempted murder, assault, and weapons offenses.

Prosecutors asked Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Janice Robinson to remand Wilkinson without bail. Instead, Robinson set bail at $5,000 cash or a $10,000 bond on August 4. Wilkinson posted the bail and was released.

On Tuesday, Wilkinson was scheduled to appear in court for proceedings in that earlier case, but was already in police custody over the new shooting.

The case has renewed scrutiny of Judge Robinson, who moved from Brooklyn’s civil court to the criminal bench and has faced criticism over a series of low- or no-bail decisions. A review by the Post of 13 defendants who recently appeared before Robinson found that eight were released without bail, including two defendants facing attempted murder charges. In the five remaining cases, bail was set below the amounts prosecutors had requested.

In one of those cases, prosecutors sought $150,000 bail for Adrian Benitez, who was accused of attempted murder after allegedly opening fire during a dispute. A stray bullet allegedly struck a seven-year-old service dog belonging to a woman with Down syndrome. Robinson released Benitez without bail, according to the Post.

Under New York law, bail decisions generally focus on whether conditions are necessary to ensure that a defendant returns to court. Courts historically have not been permitted to simply detain someone because they believe the person is dangerous to the community, although subsequent reforms have expanded the circumstances in which bail can be imposed and require judges to consider certain factors, including prior firearm use.

That framework has long been a subject of debate in New York. A 2025 state Senate bill seeking to allow judges to explicitly consider whether defendants pose a physical threat to victims or the public remained active, reflecting continuing disagreement over the proper role of public safety in bail determinations.

Meanwhile, Monday’s violence around the West Indian Day Parade was not contained to an isolated incident. At least three people were shot in separate incidents around the parade route, while several others were stabbed or slashed during the day’s festivities. The NYPD had deployed thousands of officers and implemented enhanced security measures, including checkpoints and restrictions on bags.

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