At least three people were killed and eight more were wounded when multiple gunmen opened fire inside a Brooklyn restaurant.
The horror unfolded in the early hours of Sunday morning at Taste of the City Lounge in the Crown Heights neighborhood.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a press conference that the victims were identified as three men aged 27, 35 and an unknown age. She did not reveal their names.
The eight injured were all raced to nearby hospitals in unknown condition shortly after the shooting occurred at approximately 3:27am.
No suspects have been identified and no arrests have been made.
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.
Surveillance footage showed three men sprinting from the scene shortly after the brutal triple slaying occurred.
At least three people were killed and eight more were wounded when multiple gunmen opened fire inside a Brooklyn restaurant in the early hours of Sunday morning
A gun seen at the scene of the horror shooting at Taste of the City Lounge in the Crown Heights neighborhood. No suspects have been identified and no arrests have been made
Surveillance footage showed three men sprinting from the scene shortly after the brutal triple slaying occurred
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.
‘Something like this is, of course, thank god, an anomaly and it’s a terrible thing that’s happened this morning.’
Murder and shooting statistics are at near historic lows in the Big Apple, however major felonies are still well above pre-pandemic levels, per stats from Vital City.
The Taste of the City Lounge where the shooting unfolded specializes in Carribean 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.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch (pictured) said at a press conference that the victims were identified as three men aged 27, 35 and an unknown age. She did not reveal their names
Officers are seen outside the Taste of the City Lounge where the shooting unfolded overnight
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani are yet to comment on the shooting, with former Governor and Mandani’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.’
