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Eight others were taken to the hospital with injuries after the early morning shooting in Brooklyn.
Aug. 17, 2025, 7:53 a.m. ET
Three people were killed and eight others were wounded in a shooting at a bar and restaurant in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn early Sunday morning, the police said.
Police officers were called to Taste of the City Lounge at 903 Franklin Avenue around 3:30 a.m. after multiple reports of gunfire, the police said. There, they found eight men and three women with gunshot wounds.
Three men were pronounced dead at the scene. The other eight victims were taken to hospitals, the police said.
No suspects have been arrested, the police said.
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“It’s a terrible shooting,” Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at an early morning news conference on Sunday. “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.”
On its website, Taste of the City advertises food, nightlife and regular entertainment like D.J.s and dancing.
Officers recovered at least 36 shell casings from multiple guns after the shooting, the police said. A separate firearm was discovered at the corner of Eastern Parkway, which investigators believe may be related to the shooting.
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Ali Watkins covers international news for The Times and is based in Belfast.
