India, Aug. 17 -- New York City was shaken in the early hours of Sunday in a mass shooting in which 11 people were hit, of whom three have died, at a restaurant-cum-lounge called 'Taste of the City' in Crown Heights.

The lounge at Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn stays open till 3 am, and the shooting took place just about half an hour after that, when people were still around.

The lounge describes itself as a place where music performances are held; dinner is served; and it has a cocktail bar too. Its menu mostly has American and Caribbean plates. Social media pages of the place show suggest it is patronised by a large number of Black people.

Not identifying the victims immediately, the New York City Police said the three deceased were men...