Crime | Brooklyn Shooting in Brooklyn Bar Leaves 3 Dead, 8 Injured Gunfire erupted at the Taste of the City Lounge By John Johnson Posted Aug 17, 2025 7:35 AM CDT Copied An NYPD vehicle. (Getty / Mindaugas Dulinskas) The NYPD is investigating a mass shooting at a Brooklyn club overnight that left three people dead and eight more injured, reports NBC News. Police say the gunfire erupted inside the crowded Taste of the City Lounge, which the New York Post describes as a hookah lounge. Authorities suspect multiple people opened fire—36 shell casings were found—after a dispute began in the club about 3:30am. Police say three men were killed, one age 27, another 35, and a third whose age wasn't specified. Five others were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Of the total 11 victims, three were women. "It's a terrible shooting that occurred in the city of New York," said New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch, per the AP. "We're going to investigate and get to the bottom of what went down." Read These Next Kristi Noem: I was 'blindsided' by news about my husband. A federal judge just ordered a halt to Trump's ballroom project. Trump signs executive order to take control of mail-in voting. Army suspends 2 crews over Kid Rock's strange helicopter videos. Report an error