Three people were killed and eight others wounded when multiple gunmen opened fire inside a Brooklyn hookah lounge and restaurant around closing time Sunday morning.
Officers responded to calls of a shooting inside Taste of the City Lounge at 903 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights just before 3:30 a.m., NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a press briefing.
The three people killed were all men, ages 27, 35 and one whose age wasn’t immedialtely known, cops said. All three were pronounced dead at the scene.
No arrests were made in the shooting, and the suspects have yet to be identified.
The eight wounded victims — five men and three women — were taken to local hospitals with what cops said were non-life-threatening injuries.
The oldest injured victim was 61.
At least 36 shell casings were found from the scene of the shooting, which was reportedly sparked by a dispute inside the crowded lounge.
Detectives recovered a firearm from the vicinity of Bedford Avenue and Eastern Parkway, but are still investigating whether this weapon was tied to Sunday morning’s shooting.
“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,” Tisch said. “Something like this is, of course, thank god, an anomaly and it’s a terrible thing that’s happened this morning.”
The NYPD has opened an investigation into the early morning shooting.NYPD personnel stood inside the business near a pool of blood and broken glass, according to video posted on X.
Taste of the City Lounge serves American and Caribbean plates with a full bar, hookah, and DJs.
The business, which opened in 2022, was the scene of another shooting in November 2024. There were non-fatal injuries in that shooting.
It is located less than a half mile from the historic Brooklyn Museum.
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