Three killed and nine injured in bloody shoot out at New York nightclub

A manhunt is on the way for four gunmen after a club shooting left three dead and nine others wounded in Brooklyn, New York.

Detectives believe shooters opened fire at Taste of the City Lounge in Crown Heights after a dispute just before 3.30am on Sunday.

The violence appeared to be gang-related, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters.

There were no immediate arrests. At a news briefing, Tisch called the killings ‘a tragic, senseless act of violence.’

The crime is the second mass shooting within weeks in New York City during a year that has otherwise seen declining gun violence.

Mayor Eric Adams said both shootings reinforce ‘why we do this work of going after guns off our streets.’

‘This is the second within weeks, and we don’t want this to turn into a normal course of doing business of violence in our city,’ he said.

Those wounded Sunday were being treated at hospitals for non-life-threatening injuries, Tisch said.

The ages of the victims range from 19 to 61.

A 19-year-old man died at the scene and two other men – ages 35 and 27 – died after being transported to a hospital.

Investigators found at least 42 shell casings from 9 mm and .45-caliber weapons and a firearm in a nearby street.

Adams said crisis management teams had been mobilised to provide trauma services and facilitate mediation efforts with the victims’ friends and families to try to stop any retaliation.

‘If you were inside the club, if you heard individuals talking about this shooting, if you witnessed someone fleeing the location, every piece of information will allow us to put the puzzle together,’ Adams said.

Tisch said the city has reported the lowest number of shootings and shooting victims on record during the first seven months of 2025.

‘Something like this is, of course, thank God, an anomaly and it’s a terrible thing that happened this morning, but we’re going to investigate and get to the bottom of what went down,’ she said.