Three dead and 11 injured in a shooting at a New York nightclub

NEW YORK – A shooting that occurred on Saturday night at a Brooklyn club left three people dead and eight injured, authorities reported early Sunday morning. New York City Police Department Police Commissioner Jessica Tish reported that the shooting occurred around 3:30 a.m. at the Taste of the City Lounge, located near Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights.

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The victims’ ages range from 27 to 61 years old; the three deceased were a 27-year-old man, another 35-year-old, and a third man whose age is immediately unknown. Tisch indicated that the remaining eight victims were taken to nearby hospitals in Brooklyn with non-life-threatening injuries. “It’s terrible what happened this morning and we are going to investigate to determine what happened,” Tisch declared. The shooting began after a dispute in the crowded club, the commissioner stated. She added that officers recovered at least 36 shell casings from the venue this Sunday morning, as well as a firearm that was discovered on a nearby street. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) was searching for several armed men on Sunday; there were no arrests immediately after the shooting. The shooting occurs amid a year with record-breaking gun violence in New York City.