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BROOKLYN - Three people are dead, and nine others injured after police say several gunmen opened fire inside a nightclub in Brooklyn early Sunday morning.

What we know:

Officers rushed to Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood for reports of a shooting inside the Taste of the City Lounge just before 3:30 a.m.

They arrived to find 12 gunshot victims: eight men and three women, ranging in age from 19 to 61 years old.

Three victims have been pronounced dead: a 19-year-old man, a 27-year-old man and a 35-year-old man.

The nine remaining victims were rushed to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police say up to four shooters with 9mm and 45-caliber weapons fired at least 42 shots inside the crowded club after a dispute.

The shooting appears

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