Brooklyn, Crown Heights and hookah lounge
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The Brooklyn hookah lounge where three people were killed and nine others wounded early Sunday was right at the scene of another shooting less than a year ago. Cops were called to gunfire on the street outside the Taste of the City Lounge on Franklin Avenue near Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights at 4:07 a.
Taste of the City Lounge, the site of the shooting, is known for its Caribbean dishes and features a hookah bar along with live DJs.
Chilling new video captures the moment dozens of panicked patrons run for their lives as deadly gunfire breaks out at a packed Brooklyn hookah lounge early Sunday.
Three people were killed and eight others wounded when multiple gunmen opened fire inside a Brooklyn hookah lounge and restaurant around closing time on Sunday morning, local time.
The violence may have started from an argument between the 19-year-old and the 35-year-old, the latter believed to be linked to the Folk Nations gang, sources said.
City officials said they’re bracing for potential retaliation after a mass shooting left three dead and 10 others wounded at a Brooklyn hookah bar early Sunday morning. Mayor Eric Adams said the city’s crisis management teams have already been mobilized in Crown Heights to work with victims' families and help prevent further violence.