Jamel Andre Childs, 35, tried to cool tempers down at Taste of the City lounge in Crown Heights before the gunfight erupted, friends say.

New York City was shaken by a mass shooting in which 11 people were hit, of whom three have died, at a restaurant-cum-lounge

Around four shooters opened fire at a New York City restaurant early Sunday, resulting in three deaths and eight injuries. According to police, the violence is gang-related.

A fatal Crown Heights shooting prompted New York City mayoral candidates to clash over crime policies as city grapples with recent surge in gun violence incidents.

Investigators believe a shooter or shooters opened fire with multiple weapons at Taste of the City Lounge in the Brooklyn neighbourhood of Crown Heights. Those wounded in the shooting — eight men and three women — are being treated at hospitals for non-life-threatening injuries,

An off-duty NYPD officer shot and killed a man in Manhattan who police said flashed a gun at him Sunday night — the second fatal NYPD shooting since Friday. Sunday’s incident happened around 9:45 p.m.