Overview

• A dispute inside Taste of the City Lounge on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights preceded multiple shooters opening fire at about 3:30 a.m., police say.
• Officers found 11 shooting victims, including three men pronounced dead at the scene and eight others treated at local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
• Investigators recovered at least 36 shell casings from inside the venue and a separate firearm was seized nearby at Bedford Avenue and Eastern Parkway.
• No arrests have been made and detectives have launched a manhunt while appealing to the public through Crime Stoppers for tips.
• NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the attack as a “terrible” anomaly during a year marked by record-low shooting totals in New York City.