KINGS COUNTY, N.Y. —
Police are searching for multiple shooters who killed three people and wounded nine others in a shooting authorities say stemmed from a gang-related dispute at a crowded Brooklyn lounge overnight.
Police have identified 12 victims from the shooting that took place just before 3:30 a.m. at Taste of the City in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Police initially identified 11 victims.
Among the victims, responding officers found a 19-year-old male dead on scene, and a 27-year-old man and a 35-year-old man died of their injuries in the hospital. The remaining nine victims were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, Tisch said Sunday afternoon.
The victims range in age from 19 to 61. Police believe som