Three individuals are lifeless and eight others wounded after a shooting in a crowded New York City club early Sunday (August 17, 2025) morning.
Investigators consider a shooter or shooters opened hearth with a number of weapons at Taste of the City Lounge in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights after “a dispute” simply earlier than 3:30 a.m., killing three males, New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch informed reporters.
“It’s a terrible shooting that occurred in the city of New York,” Ms. Tisch mentioned at a information briefing. She mentioned officers are investigating a minimum of 36 shell casings from the lounge, in addition to a firearm that was found in a close-by avenue.
Those wounded in the shooting — eight males and three ladies — are being handled at hospitals for non-life-threatening accidents, she mentioned. The ages the victims vary from 27 to 61.
The shooting comes amid a record low year for gun violence in New York City
“I mean, we have the lowest numbers of shooting incidents and shooting victims seven months into the year that 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 happened this morning, but we’re going to investigate and get to the bottom of what went down.”
