BLOODBATH IN THE BIG APPLE: 31 SHOT IN 48 HOURS

BLOODY DAY

IT'S may have been labor day, but gunmen have been busy in The Big Apple, blasting 31-people in just 48 hours in one of the bloodiest weekends in New York's recent history.
By Sunday Night 25 had been shot, with a further six being struck in separate incidents in Brooklyn by early Monday morning - violence which Mayor Bloomberg called: "just unconscionable."
The crazy carnage began just after lunch at a barbecue on East 54th, which saw four people shot of which one 18-year-old Tyrief Gary, later died. 
A man and a woman were each shot in the chest at 4:24 a.m. and 6:00 a.m and both now remain in custody.
Police sources believe that the three latest shootings are connected to the pre-dawn festivities leading up to Monday's West Indian Day parade. 

The traditional celebration, known as J'ouvert, has been the scene of numerous shootings in the past.
Mayor Bloomberg told the NY Post: "We just cannot continue to have these guns in the hands of kids who don't understand the value of human life."
Two dozen of the victims were shot in 13 incidents between 6:00 a.m. Saturday and 8:00 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.
More than half of those were wounded -- one fatally -- within a five-hour stretch, from 3:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Sunday, according to local reports.