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There were no immediate arrests. At a news briefing, Tisch
called the killings “a tragic, senseless act of violence.”
The crime is the second mass shooting within weeks in New York
City during a year that has otherwise seen declining gun
violence. On July 29, a man stalked through a Manhattan office
tower with a rifle, wounding one person and killing four others.
A New York City police officer was among those who died.
Mayor Eric Adams said both shootings reinforce “why we do this
work of going after guns off our streets.”
“This is the second within weeks, and we don't want this to turn
into a normal course of doing business of violence in our city,"
he said.
Those wounded Sunday were being treated at hospitals for
non-life-threatening injuries, Tisch said. The ages of the
victims range from 19 to 61. A 19-year-old man died at the scene
and two other men -- ages 35 and 27 -- died after being
transported to a hospital.
Investigators found at least 42 shell casings from 9 mm and
.45-caliber weapons and a firearm in a nearby street.
Adams said crisis management teams had been mobilized to provide
trauma services and facilitate mediation efforts with the
victims' friends and families to try to stop any retaliation. He
asked members of the public who might have information about the
shooting to help investigators by calling NYPD's crime stoppers
line, 800-577-TIPS.
“If you were inside the club, if you heard individuals talking
about this shooting, if you witnessed someone fleeing the
location, every piece of information will allow us to put the
puzzle together," Adams said.
Tisch said the city has reported the lowest number of shootings
and shooting victims on record during the first seven months of
2025.
“Something like this is, of course, thank God, an anomaly and
it's a terrible thing that happened this morning, but we're
going to investigate and get to the bottom of what went down,”
she said.
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Willingham contributed reporting from Boston.
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