• Three people killed and nine wounded in a Brooklyn nightclub shooting.
• Incident occurred early Sunday morning at the Taste of the City Lounge.
• Police believe multiple shooters were involved, with evidence of gang-related motives.
• Investigation launched, with crisis teams deployed for support.
• Shooting comes amidst a record low year for gun violence in NYC.

Early Sunday morning, a shooting at the Taste of the City Lounge in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, resulted in three fatalities and nine injuries as gunmen opened fire following a dispute. The New York Police Department (NYPD) reports that there were multiple shooters involved, with at least 42 shell casings recovered from the scene, indicating the use of multiple firearms, according to AA, HuffPost, and TRT Global.

Victims included three men aged 19, 27, and 35, with the 19-year-old pronounced dead at the scene. The range of injuries among the nine survivors is characterized as non-life-threatening, as they were admitted to hospitals shortly following the shooting, reports India Times and Los Angeles Times.

New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the event as a "tragic, senseless act of violence" amidst declining gun violence in the city this year. She noted, "We have the lowest number of shooting incidents and shooting victims in record for the first seven months," reinforcing how atypical this incident is for the current landscape, according to Al Jazeera, South China Morning Post, and India Times.

Mayor Eric Adams has expressed concerns regarding the recent spike in violence, referring to the attack as an urgent reminder that "we don’t want this to turn into a normal course of doing business of violence in our city." The investigation is ongoing, with authorities asking the public for any information regarding the incident as crisis management teams work with affected families, according to Los Angeles Times and HuffPost.