- - Chilling video shows moments during NYC mass shooting at hookah lounge — with patrons scrambling in fear

Steven Vago, Jorge Fitz-GibbonAugust 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM

Brooklyn mass shooting hookah lounge

Chilling new video captures the moment dozens of panicked patrons run for their lives as deadly gunfire breaks out at a packed Brooklyn hookah lounge early Sunday.

The crowd is seen spilling out onto the sidewalk outside Taste of the City Lounge in Crown Heights shortly before 3:30 a.m., fleeing as up to four gunmen open fire inside during a dispute — leaving three dead and nine others wounded.

New video shows patrons running for their lives during Sunday’s mass shooting at a hookah lounge in Brooklyn. Obtained by NY Post

Three people were killed and nine others injured during the harrowing shooting. Obtained by NY Post

The surveillance footage shows one man stumbling out of the club and falling to the sidewalk, where he is helped by another man and hauled away while others run for their lives.

Another man is captured falling to the curb at the Franklin Avenue street corner, where he remains without moving for the duration of the 2-minute clip.

Cops later recovered 42 spent shells from .9mm and 25-caliber weapons, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during press briefings on Sunday.

Tisch said a 19-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene, and two other men — ages 27 and 35 — died at nearby hospitals.

NYPD officers investigating the scene of the shooting in Brooklyn. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post

Mayor Eric Adams with 71st Precinct Commanding Officer Ronald Perez during the investigation. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post

The shooters remain at large. Getty Images

NYPD Crime Scene Unit detectives outside Taste of the City Lounge. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post

Police have launched a manhunt for the gun-toting killers.

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