Brooklyn lounge mass shooting leaves at least 3 dead
A mass shooting inside Brooklyn’s Taste of the City lounge left at least 3 dead and several wounded as chaos erupted early Sunday. (NYPD)
An apparent gang-related shooting at a crowded lounge in New York City left at least three people dead and nine others injured as police search for multiple suspects, authorities said Sunday morning.
Gunfire erupted around 3:30 a.m. at Taste of the City in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn after a dispute took place, NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a news briefing.
Officers responded within minutes to multiple 911 calls and initially found 11 gunshot victims, Tisch said. Tisch later joined Mayor Eric Adams for another briefing, adding that a twelfth victim had been found. The 12 victims ranged in age from 19 to 61.
Three victims, three males aged 19, 27 and 35, were pronounced dead at the scene. The remaining nine victims were being treated at local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, Tisch said.
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NYPD was investigating a deadly shooting at a lounge early Sunday in Brooklyn, New York. (WCBS )
Tisch said investigators believe there were up to four shooters, and some of the victims may have fired shots. She added that the incident appeared to be gang-related and that no suspects were in custody as of Sunday afternoon.
"We have the lowest number of shooting incidents and shooting victims seven months into the year that we’ve seen on record in the city of New York," Tisch told reporters. "Something like this is, of course, thank God, an anomaly and it’s a terrible thing that happened this morning, but we’re going to investigate and get to the bottom of what went down."
Police said no suspects were in custody as of Sunday morning. (WCBS )
Investigators were canvassing available CCTV footage around the lounge and discovered over 40 shell casings at the scene.
Police said at least 36 shell casings were discovered inside the lounge where multiple shooters opened fire during a dispute early Sunday. (WCBS )
A firearm was recovered near the scene, and police are investigating whether it was used in the shooting.
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