City officials said they’re bracing for potential retaliation after a mass shooting left three dead and nine 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.

“We’re always concerned after a shooting,” Adams said during a press conference. “Retaliatory shootings will follow if we don’t get on the ground with our crisis management team and other partners.”

The shooting was the second mass shooting in New York City in just three weeks, renewing concerns about the potential for retaliatory violence and the need for rapid, community-based intervention, officials said. While overall shootings are down citywide

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