A TASTE OF THE CITY

New York mass shooting as three killed and nine injured when gunmen open fire in Brooklyn restaurant

 

By Will Potter 

 

Daily Mail

Aug 17, 2025

 

Medical examiner technicians remove a body from Taste of the City Lounge.  

 

At least three people were killed and nine more were wounded when multiple gunmen opened fire inside a Brooklyn restaurant. 

The horror unfolded in the early hours of Sunday morning at Taste of the City Lounge in the Crown Heights neighborhood. 

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a press conference that the victims were identified as three men aged 19, 27, and 35. She did not reveal their names. 

The nine injured were all raced to nearby hospitals in unknown condition shortly after the shooting occurred at approximately 3:27am. The total of 12 victims included eight men and three women. 

No suspects have been identified and no arrests have been made. 

Cops say as many as four shooters may have been involved, however it is unclear at this time how many may have opened fire.  

Tisch said 36 shell casings were recovered from the scene at 903 Franklin Avenue, and 9mm and 45-caliber weapons were used. 

A separate firearm was discovered at the corner of Eastern Parkway, which investigators say may have been one used in the shooting spree. 

Surveillance footage showed three men sprinting from the scene shortly after the brutal triple slaying occurred. 

 

At least three people were killed and nine more were wounded when multiple gunmen opened fire inside a Brooklyn restaurant in the early hours of Sunday morning 

A gun seen at the scene of the horror shooting at Taste of the City Lounge in the Crown Heights neighborhood. No suspects have been identified and no arrests have been made

Surveillance footage showed three men sprinting from the scene shortly after the brutal triple slaying occurred

 

Tisch said at her press conference that the shooting was 'terrible' but stressed that it was an anomaly amid New York's falling crime stats. 

'We have the lowest number of shooting incidents and shooting victims seven months into the year we’ve seen on record in the city of New York,' she said. 

'Something like this is, of course, thank god, an anomaly and it’s a terrible thing that’s happened this morning.' 

Murder and shooting statistics are at near historic lows in the Big Apple, however major felonies are still well above pre-pandemic levels, per stats from Vital City.  

The Taste of the City Lounge where the shooting unfolded specializes in Carribean cuisine and offers a hookah bar and DJs. 

It is less than half a mile from the historic Brooklyn Museum, and closed at 2am on Sunday - an hour and a half before the shooting - according to its website. 

 

Paramedics load a wounded man onto a stretcher after the shooting.  

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a press conference that the victims were identified as three men aged 27, 35 and an unknown age. She did not reveal their names

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement: 'Gun violence of this magnitude really scars a city.'

'We are praying for the families and the victims, and ask for all New Yorkers to join us in prayer as we lift these families up,' he said. 

Mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo added on X: 'Another horrific mass shooting in NYC last night, as three lives were lost and eight wounded in a senseless, deadly attack. My heart goes out to the victims and to their loved ones.

'Public safety is, and always has been, Job 1. This isn’t the time to defund or dismantle the police. We need more officers, not less, to keep our communities safe.'