Shootings mar Brooklyn’s Labour Day parade

Two policemen were wounded in a gun battle that capped off a terrifying spate of shootings that killed three and marred Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade on Monday, the New York Daily News has reported.

According to the report the surge of violence wounded eight and put the number of people shot over the weekend around New York City to at least 48, including two people who were killed on Sunday night.

The Daily News said that the violence during the holiday weekend culminated in a deadly shootout about 9 pm on