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Carey Gabay, 43, was fatally shot in crossfire during festival last year
Kenny Bazile, 31, was arrested Thursday in Palm Desert, California
Tyshawn Crawford, 21, and Keith Luncheon, 24, were indicted in June
Also indicted in the case was 24-year-old Micah Alleyne, of Queens
Stanley Elianor, 25, was indicted in October on weapons charges
Meanwhile two people were shot dead Monday at this year's festival

By Clemence Michallon For Dailymail.com and Rory Tingle For Mailonline and Associated Press

Published: 19:56 EST, 5 September 2016 | Updated: 21:36 EST, 5 September 2016

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A fifth suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of Governor Andrew Cuomo's aide last year at New York's J'Ouvert festival.

Carey Gabay, 43, a Harvard-educated lawyer, was caught in crossfire during the Caribbean celebration in September 2015.

Authorities said shooting had broken out between rival gangs, and Gabay was walking on the street with his brother and some friends when he was hit.

Kenny Bazile, 31, the fifth suspect in the case, was arrested Thursday in Palm Desert, California.

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Carey Gabay (left), 43, a Harvard-educated lawyer, died after getting caught in crossfire during the J'Ouvert festival in September 2015. Kenny Bazile (right), 31, the fifth suspect in the case, was arrested Thursday in Palm Desert, California

Authorities believe Bazile fired shots during the gang-related gunbattle in which Gabay was fatally struck.

Bazile will be extradited to New York because authorities charge him.

Earlier this year, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced the indictments of 21-year-old Tyshawn Crawford and 24-year-old Keith Luncheon, both of Brooklyn.

Also indicted was 24-year-old Micah Alleyne, of Queens. He was arrested in May.

They were indicted on a number of charges in the death of Carey Gabay, including murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Each of them faces up to 25 years in prison.

Earlier this year, the Brooklyn DA announced the indictments of 21-year-old Tyshawn Crawford (upper right) and 24-year-old Keith Luncheon (bottom left), both of Brooklyn. Also indicted was 24-year-old Micah Alleyne (upper left), of Queens. Stanley Elianor (bottom right), 25, was indicted in October on weapons possession charges

A fifth man, 25-year-old Stanley Elianor, was indicted in October on weapons possession charges. He faces up to 15 years in prison.

Bazile's arrest came a year after Gabay's death. After the shooting, Gabay was immediately placed in a medically induced coma.

But eight days after the shooting, doctors declared him brain dead.

Gabay, the son of Jamaican immigrants, had graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

He served as an assistant counsel for Cuomo starting in 2011 and was appointed first deputy counsel for New York's economic development agency in 2015.

Following Gabay's shooting death, authorities tried to ramp up security for this year's festival.

But two people, a female college student and a Bronx teenager, were shot dead at the West Indian carnival Monday.

They were identified as St John's University student Tiarah Poyau, 22, and Tyreke Borel, 17.

Two people were shot during the J'Ouvert celebrations in Brooklyn: Tiarah Poyau, 22, (left) and Tyreke Borel, 17 (right)

Crime scene investigators with the New York Police Department work at the scene where multiple people were killed and others injured in a shooting during Brooklyn's J'ouvert

Borel, of the Bronx, was shot in the chest about 3:50 am near Empire Boulevard and Flatbush Avenue.

He was taken to the hospital, where he died.

A 72-year-old woman was shot in the hand and the arm at the same location and was taken to a hospital in stable condition, police said.

About 25 minutes later, Poyau was shot in the face just a block away, police said. She died at the hospital.

Poyau was an aspiring accountant and was interning at top-five firm PwC in New York, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Organizers say the early morning festivities that led to what is now J'Ouvert started in the 1980s. Pictured left and right are attendees at this year's festival

A 23-year-old woman was also stabbed in the area, but police said she refused medical attention.

Organizers say the early morning festivities that led to what is now J'Ouvert started in the 1980s.

The tradition originated in the Caribbean and is celebrated in several North American cities with West Indian communities, including Boston and Toronto.

The name, J'Ouvert, means daybreak, put together from the French words 'jour' ('day') and 'ouvert' ('open').

City officials and community organizers have long chafed at the perception that J'Ouvert, and the even larger West Indian Day American Day parade that follows hours later, are intrinsically hospitable to violence.