3 killed, multiple injured in mass shooting at New York lounge in Brooklyn, suspects at large
A mass shooting at a Brooklyn lounge, "Taste Of The City Lounge," has left three dead and eight injured. The New York City Police Department responded to the Crown Heights neighborhood early Sunday morning after gunfire erupted around 3:30 a.m. Multiple shooters were involved in the incident following a dispute.
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Gunfire erupted around 3:30 a.m. at Taste of the City in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn after a dispute took place
At least three people were killed and eight others sustained injuries in a mass shooting at a crowded lounge in New York City. Police are searching for multiple suspects, authorities said Sunday morning.New York City police said it was an overnight shooting at a club in Brooklyn. The shooting took place at the 'Taste Of The City Lounge' on Franklin Ave in the Crown Heights neighborhood, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told a news conference, reports NBC News.Gunfire erupted around 3:30 a.m. at Taste of the City in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn after a dispute took place, according to police. Officers responded within minutes to multiple 911 calls and found 11 gunshot victims ranging in age from 27 to 61, Tisch said.
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Three victims, two males aged 27 and 35, and a third male of an unknown age, were pronounced dead. The remaining eight victims were being treated at local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, Tisch said. There were multiple shooters involved, Tisch said, adding that police were still investigating and that nobody was in custody. 'It's a terrible thing that happened this morning and we're going to investigate to determine what went down," Tisch said.
Tisch said investigators believe there were multiple shooters, though no suspects were in custody as of Sunday morning. "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."
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