New York: Four people are dead and three more were injured after a shooting erupted at an “illegal gambling” club in New York City early Saturday morning, police said.
New York Police Department responded to a social club on Utica Avenue in the Weeksville neighborhood of Brooklyn just before 7 a.m. over reports of shots fired.
At least 15 rounds were fired at the Triple A Aces catering hall on Utica Avenue in Crown Heights.
When the gunsmoke cleared just before 7 a.m., one revolver, one 9 mm handgun and four bodies were left behind.
The three people rushed to hospitals with gunshot wounds were expected to survive.
One was identified by law-enforcement sources as Jachiyah Holder, 35, a state correction officer who was shot once in the leg.
The dead included Chester Goode, 37, a gambler who sources believe sparked the shootout by pulling the handgun and firing into the ceiling — in what was either a robbery, or, more likely, a beef over a game. A single gunshot wound to the head ended his life.
No arrests have been made. Police said the information is preliminary, and didn’t provide further details.
