Police are searching for multiple shooters who killed three people and wounded eight others in a shooting stemming from a dispute at a crowded Brooklyn lounge overnight.
Multiple 911 calls came in around 3:30 a.m. reporting shots fired at Taste of the City in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a news conference early Sunday morning.
Officers arrived on scene minutes later and found 11 gunshot victims inside the lounge. Three victims, a 27-year-old man, a 35-year-old man and a male victim whose age is unknown, were pronounced dead, Tisch said.
The victims, eight males and three females, range in age from 27 to 61, she said.
The remaining victims were taken to area hospitals, Tisch said. Their conditions were unknown early Sunday morning, police told CNN.
Detectives found at least 36 shell casings at the scene, Tisch said, along with a firearm in the vicinity – they are working to determine whether it was connected to the shooting.
Police believe multiple shooters were involved in the incident, which stemmed from a dispute inside the club, and no suspects are in custody as of Sunday morning.
This is an ongoing story and will be updated.
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