New York City police are searching for multiple gunmen after three people were killed and eight were wounded in a mass shooting at a crowded lounge in Brooklyn.
The NYPD said Sunday the shooters opened fire inside the Taste of the City Lounge at 903 Franklin Avenue in the Crown Heights neighborhood overnight.
11 shooting victims found inside Brooklyn lounge
NYPD officers found 11 shooting victims inside the lounge after getting multiple 911 calls shortly before 3:30 a.m., NYC Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
Three men were pronounced dead and eight people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, Tisch told reporters during a news conference at the scene.
The victims include eight men and three women, whose ages range from 27 to 61 years old, she said.
According to the commissioner, the shooting stemmed from a dispute between people inside the crowded lounge. Officers recovered at least 36 shell casings from what appeared to be multiple guns, she added.
Investigators were trying to find surveillance video of the incident and, so far, no arrests have been made.
“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, 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.
Officers discovered a gun near Bedford Avenue and Eastern Parkway, but it was not immediately clear if the firearm was part of the lounge shooting.
Please stay with CBS News New York for updates.
Mark Prussin
contributed to this report.
