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At least 4 dead, 5 injured in Brooklyn nightclub shooting 4 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Brooklyn gambling den
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Four people were killed and five seriously injured in a shooting in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. The incident took place at a private club on Utica Avenue. Four people were killed and four injured in a shooting in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. The incident took place at a private club on Utica Avenue, that police believe was being run as an "illegal gambling location."
Gunfire broke out shortly after 7am at the club, according to the New York Fire Department. Gunfire broke out shortly before 7am on Saturday at the club, NYPD Chief Dermot Shea told a press conference. Four men aged between 32 and 49 were shot dead and three people, two men and a woman, were wounded. Aother victim suffered a leg injury while fleeing the scene.
The venue, which bills itself as a “private and social rental space,” is located only three blocks from the nearest police station. The wounded were taken to nearby hospitals, and police recovered two firearms in the club. According to Shea, there were "a minimum" of 15 people present when the gunfire began. 
Police sources told the New York Post that multiple people have been brought in for questioning. The motive behind the attack remains unclear. Homicide detectives have not yet established a motive for the shooting, but have brought multiple individuals in for questioning.
Crown Heights has been plagued by a series of shootings in recent months, with two injured in a midnight attack last Sunday. A father of three, a 27 -year-old man and a 59-year-old clipped by a stray bullet were all among those shot last month, while an 11-year-old child was shot in the neighborhood earlier this summer.Crown Heights has been plagued by a series of shootings in recent months, with two injured in a midnight attack last Sunday. A father of three, a 27 -year-old man and a 59-year-old clipped by a stray bullet were all among those shot last month, while an 11-year-old child was shot in the neighborhood earlier this summer.
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