At Least 3 Dead and Multiple Others Injured After Mass Shooting at Brooklyn Lounge, Police Searching for Multiple Suspects By Escher Walcott

At least three people have died and eight others are injured following a shooting at a restaurant in New York City. 

At around 3:30 a.m. local time on Sunday, Aug.17, police received multiple 911 calls about a shooting incident at Taste of the City Lounge on 903 Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn, the New York Police Department (NYPD) announced in a press conference.

The gunshot victims identified by officers at the location included eight men and three women aged between 27 and 61, said NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tish in the conference. 

Of the 11 victims, a 27-year-old man, a 35-year-old man and a third man of an unknown age died from their injuries. The eight remaining victims were sent to local hospitals. Their conditions remain unknown at this time.

Police suspect that multiple shooters were involved in the incident. Detectives are examining CCTV footage from the location to determine those who were involved in the incident.

Footage obtained by The U.S. Sun shows several police cars at the location where the shooting took place and crime tape sectioning off surrounding areas.

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At least 36 shell casings were discovered in the restaurant amid the police investigation, Tish said in the NYPD press conference. Detectives also recovered a firearm in the vicinity of Bedford Avenue and Eastern Parkway and are investigating if it was used in the incident.

No one has been taken into custody at this time.

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“We have the lowest number of shooting incidents and shooting victims seven months into the year we’ve seen on record in the city of New York,” Tisch said in the news conference. “Something like this is, of course, thank God, an anomaly and it’s a terrible thing that’s happened this morning.”

The NYPD and Taste of the City Lounge did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Sunday, Aug. 17.