Multiple dead after gunman opens fire in New York restaurant
Tisch said 36 shell casings were recovered from the scene at 903 Franklin Avenue. A separate firearm was discovered at the corner of Eastern Parkway, which investigators say may have been one used in the shooting spree.
Tisch said at her press conference that the shooting was 'terrible' but stressed that it was an anomaly amid New York's falling crime stats. 'We have the lowest number of shooting incidents and shooting victims seven months into the year we've seen on record in the city of New York,' she said.
The Taste of the City Lounge where the shooting unfolded specializes in Caribbean cuisine and offers a hookah bar and DJs. It is less than half a mile from the historic Brooklyn Museum, and closed at 2am on Sunday - an hour and a half before the shooting - according to its website.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani are yet to comment on the shooting, with former Governor and Mamdani's rival in the mayoral race Andrew Cuomo the first to respond. He said on X: 'Another horrific mass shooting in NYC last night, as three lives were lost and eight wounded in a senseless, deadly attack. My heart goes out to the victims and to their loved ones. 'Public safety is, and always has been, Job 1. This isn't the time to defund or dismantle the police. We need more officers, not less, to keep our communities safe.'
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