Three people were killed and eight injured after multiple gunmen opened fire at a New York City restaurant before fleeing early on Sunday morning

Three people were killed and eight others wounded when multiple gunmen opened fire inside a crowded Brooklyn hookah lounge and restaurant early Sunday morning, according to authorities.

Members of the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner at the scene where three people were killed and eight other people were injured in a shooting inside of Taste of the City Bar and Lounge on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, the United States on August 17, 2025 [Kyle Mazza / Anadolu Agency]

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said multiple shooters were involved in the incident at the Crown Heights venue, with at least 36 shell casings recovered.

Police are searching for multiple shooters who killed three people and wounded eight others in a shooting stemming from a dispute at a crowded Brooklyn lounge overnight.

Multiple people have been shot inside a New York City restaurant as police frantically hunt for the the gunman, who remains at large.

He always brought candy to my kids,” stray bullet victim Amadou Diallo’s sister said. “They loved him like he was their own father.”

Three people have been killed and eight others injured in a mass shooting in New York. The active shooters unleashed their attack in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. According to police, they responded to numerous 911 calls from a restaurant on Franklin Avenue at approximately 3.

Police say the officer was standing outside a residential building near West 173rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue around 9:45 p.m. when two men approached him on separate mopeds.