Multiple individuals were transported to local hospitals. However, their conditions were not immediately released.

The three men killed were Prospect Lefferts Garden resident Marvin St. Louis, 19, Harlem resident Amadou Diallo, 27, and Flatlands resident Jamel Childs, 35, according to police. Officials did not immediately say if they suspected any of the people who were shot had opened fire at the venue.

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

Within minutes, officers arrived, finding that nine men and three women, ranging in age from 19 to 61, had been shot. Three men died. Marvin St. Louis, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene. Amadou Diallo, 27, and Jamel Childs, 35, were critically wounded and succumbed to their injuries at the hospital.

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.

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