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At least three people were killed and eight others injured when gunmen opened fire inside the Taste of the City Lounge in Brooklyn, New York.
Police outside a New York restaurant, where a mass shooting took place. (Photo: X)
At least three people were killed and eight others injured after multiple gunmen opened fire inside a Brooklyn restaurant early Sunday, according to multiple reports.
The shooting took place around 3:30 am (local time) at the Taste of the City Lounge on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights. The fatal victims were identified as three men, who were 27, 35, and of an unknown age, according to the New York Post.
The remaining eight victims were being treated at local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, according to New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch. She said officers responded within minutes to multiple 911 calls and found 11 gunshot victims ranging in age from 27 to 61.
🚨🇺🇸 Mass Shooting Targets New York Jewish Community.At least seven people were injured in the shooting incident in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, home to a large Jewish community. The shooter fled the scene. pic.twitter.com/2vdyRqJfV6— Terror Alarm (@Terror_Alarm) August 17, 2025
No suspects have been arrested so far, even as investigators believed there had been multiple gunmen. “We have the lowest number of shooting incidents and shooting victims seven months into the year that we’ve seen on record in the city of New York. 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,” Tisch said.
According to Fox News, investigators are canvassing available CCTV footage around the lounge and discovered at least 36 shell casings at the scene. A gun was also discovered near the scene, and police are investigating whether it was used in the shooting.
The Taste of the City lounge, which opened in 2022, is located less than a half mile from the historic Brooklyn Museum and closed at 3 am on Sunday. It serves American and Caribbean plates with a full bar, hookah, and DJs.
Mass Shootings In US
This follows growing incidents of shootings in the United States, which are quite frequent in the country due to the easy and widespread availability of guns.
Earlier, several law enforcement officers were shot in southern Virginia while they were serving warrants at a home. The deputies suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the reported shooting, but a SWAT team had to help the victims out of the house.
Prior to that, at least three people were injured in New York’s Times Square, one of city’s most popular tourist places, on Saturday after gunshots were reportedly fired following a verbal dispute, sparking chaos and panic in the area.
A 17-year-old suspect has been taken into custody and a firearm was seized from his possession. The incident at one of New York’s most iconic tourist spots comes after July’s high-profile shooting in a Manhattan office tower, which left four people dead, including a senior Blackstone executive and an NYPD officer.
Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master’s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international…Read More
Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master’s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international… Read More
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