Two people dead, two wounded in J’Ouvert parade shootings in Brooklyn

At least four people were shot, two fatally, as gunshots erupted at the bustling J’Ouvert celebration in Brooklyn despite NYPD doubling their parade patrols.

The annual West Indian heritage celebration was marred by deadly violence just before 4 a.m. when cops rushed to eastern Prospect Park following reports that four people had been shot in two separate incidents.

A man was shot in the chest, along with two women wounded at Flatbush Ave. and Empire Blvd., while another woman was shot in the head minutes later at Washington Ave. and Empire Blvd., police said.

The male victim and the woman shot at Washington Ave. died, police added.