NEW YORK -- Three people are dead and eight others are wounded after a shooting at a New York City lounge early Sunday, police officials said. The shooting happened just before 3:30 a.m. local time inside the Taste of the City lounge in Crown Heights, Brooklyn at 903 Franklin Avenue.

A fatal Crown Heights shooting prompted New York City mayoral candidates to clash over crime policies as city grapples with recent surge in gun violence incidents.

Around four shooters opened fire at a New York City restaurant early Sunday, resulting in three deaths and eight injuries. According to police, the violence is gang-related.

An arrest has been made in the fatal shooting of a man from New York who was visiting Puerto Rico for a Bad Bunny concert.

"He’s like a jazz musician," Matthew Libatique explains when quizzed on his longtime collaborator Spike Lee. The two filmmakers, both native New Yorkers, have worked together on five features: Inside Man,

Shane Daley, 40, was arrested on Aug. 13 and charged with cyberstalking, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.