Gunfire erupted at a large community festival in a Brownsville, Brooklyn playground Saturday night, killing a 38-year old man, and striking 11 others. Police are still searching for two gunman. Officers recovered one weapon, but are looking for another.

The morning after, the crime scene appeared to be a party frozen in time. Empty chairs in the middle of a playground, tossed cups, and containers with half-eaten food on the ground.

There were also numbered markers police put down to identify evidence.

The event is known as Old Timers. It was the 56th year of the party that draws elderly residents back to the neighborhood. Police estimate there were 5,000 people there Friday night, and 100 officers on hand both Friday and Saturday.

The shooting took place after the event ended and people were leaving and cleaning up.

Councilwoman Alicka Samuel was there and recalled telling the crowd after Saturday night’s concert ended, “we came in peace, let's leave in peace.” About 30 minutes later the gun fire erupted. Samuel said members of her staff covered her body when they heard shots.

"It was just a total disregard for human life and that's not who we are in Brownsville," she said. "It went from the best experience, the most peaceful experience and environment to one of the worst evenings I've ever had, and I'm born and raised in Brownsville."

21-year-old Daniesa Murdaugh also attended the event but wasn’t so lucky.

"We turned around to run, I heard two shots before I was hit in my back, and then everything was a blur and everything was just moving fast after that, stepping over people, people screaming. It was a lot going on at one time," she said Sunday after being released from the hospital.

Brownsville resident Al Matthews owns a barber shop around the corner from the event, and is Associate Director at Brownsville Think Tank, a community organization. He said only recently did young people even start attending Old Timers. Matthews said the park was too crowded for police to properly monitor.

"I think the officers should’ve went in there and told people some of them have to come out of there, it’s too small of an area," he said.

Ed Mullins, President of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, said members of his union complained the event is often marred with violence. And, he pointed to the incident last week in which officers had water thrown at them as evidence that people don't respect police. 

"If officers don’t feel compelled to defend themselves how then do they defend the people they serve? If you look at the incident that occurred [Saturday] night, we have 100 cops assigned to this event yet two individuals decided to carry guns and carry out the shooting," Mullins said by phone. "Why is that? If they didn’t feel emboldened to do that they wouldn’t do it."

Police are asking the public to send in any videos or photos before and after the shooting.