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| 2 killed in J’Ouvert festival shootings in Brooklyn |
| 2016-09-06 |
| [NYPOST] Two people were killed and three others maimed early Monday at the J’Ouvert carnival in Brooklyn ‐ sparking pandemonium hours before the city’s annual West Indian Day Parade. At least four people were shot and one person was stabbed despite a beefed up police presence a year after an aide to Gov. Andrew SonnyCuomo was killed by a stray bullet at the raucous annual event. The first shootings happened about 4 a.m. at Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights, where a male in his late teens or early 20s was shot in the chest and died at Kings County Hospital, sources said. A 72-year-old woman was shot nearby as she sat on a bench, sources said. She is expected to live. About 25 minutes later, a 22-year-old woman was shot in the eye just a block away, police sources said. She also died at a hospital. A woman was also stabbed at Empire Boulevard and Ocean Avenue, but police said she refused medical attention. The shootings erupted while as many as 40 cops ‐ aided by powerful lights -- were stationed only feet away, sources said. Dozens of panicked people stampeded over each other during the chaos ‐ with dozens hurtling themselves over barricades and taking cover behind anything solid, including garbage cans and cars. |
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