At least four people were shot, two fatally, during the J’Ouvert celebration in Brooklyn early today despite the NYPD doubling its patrols and pleas for a violence-free night of revelry.
The annual pre-dawn celebration, which comes before the New York Caribbean Carnival Parade, was marred yet again by bloodshed. Last year, an aide to Governor Cuomo was killed by a stray bullet fired in Crown Heights during a gang shootout.