The New York City Police is searching for several gunmen after three people were killed and eight were injured in a mass shooting in a crowded lounge in Brooklyn.
NYPD said on Sunday that the shooters set fire to the taste of the city lounge at the 903 Franklin Avenue in the neighborhood overnight.
11 shooting victims found inside Brooklyn Lounge
NYC Police Commissioner Jessica Tish said that NYPD officials found 11 shooting victims inside the lounge after receiving several 911 calls shortly before 3:30 pm.
Tiss told reporters that three people were declared dead and eight people were admitted to the hospital with non-janleva injuries. A news conference In the view.
The victims include eight men and three women, who are 27 to 61 years old.
According to the commissioner, the shooting stems from a dispute between the people inside the crowded lounge. He said that the authorities recovered at least 36 shell casing, which showed several guns.
Investigators were trying to find the monitoring video of the incident and so far, no arrests have been made.
“We have the lowest number of shooting events and shooting victims in seven months that we have seen on record in New York City. This is something, thank God, a discrepancy and it’s a terrible thing that is a terrible thing that has happened this morning. But we are going to check and reached down to go down,” Tish said.
The authorities discovered a gun near Bedford Avenue and Eastern Parkway, but it was not immediately clear that the firearm was part of the lounge shooting.
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Mark Prasin contributed to this report.
