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NEW YORK (NewsNation) — Authorities were searching for aggregate suspects Monday aft 3 radical were killed and 9 others were wounded successful what appeared to beryllium a gang-related shooting astatine a barroom successful New York City implicit the weekend.
Police said 4 gunmen fired much than 40 shots conscionable aft midnight Sunday successful Brooklyn. The 3 radical killed were men aged 19, 27 and 35. At slightest 9 others, ranging successful ages from 19 to 61, were taken to section hospitals, authorities said. Officials said they judge immoderate victims were guiltless bystanders.
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NYC Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the preliminary probe recovered the incidental stemmed from an statement wrong the nine and that it appeared to beryllium gang-related.
"Approximately 60% of our shootings successful New York City are gang-related," Tisch said. "And truthful we truly spot gangs driving truthful overmuch of the unit successful New York City, and a batch of our enactment successful bringing the shooting numbers down truthful acold this twelvemonth has been due to the fact that of our relentless absorption connected guns and gangs."
Declining transgression rates not a comfortableness to victims: Mayor Eric Adams
The shooting comes weeks aft the NYPD reported record-low, city-wide transgression statistic for the archetypal 5 months of 2025.
In 2024, the Brooklyn territory lawyer reported a 15% driblet successful shootings borough-wide.
However, New York City Mayor Eric Adams acknowledged the quality toll.
"I tin easy basal present and archer you however we person driven down crime, that we person removed implicit 22,000 amerciable guns disconnected our streets. I tin springiness you those numbers, but that does not comfortableness those who are the victims of weapon violence," helium said. "We volition proceed our assertive pursuit to region these amerciable guns disconnected our streets."
Police said the Brooklyn barroom was besides the country of different shooting past November. No arrests person been made successful Sunday's attack.
