Law enforcement officials say a shooter or shooters opened fire with multiple weapons at Taste of the City Lounge in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights.

He always brought candy to my kids,” stray bullet victim Amadou Diallo’s sister said. “They loved him like he was their own father.”

Three people are dead and nine are injured after multiple shooters opened fire in a New York City lounge, the New York City Police Department says.

City officials said they’re bracing for potential retaliation after a mass shooting left three dead and 10 others wounded at a Brooklyn hookah bar early Sunday morning. Mayor Eric Adams said the city’s crisis management teams have already been mobilized in Crown Heights to work with victims' families and help prevent further violence.

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.

Police say the officer was standing outside a residential building near West 173rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue around 9:45 p.m. when two men approached him on separate mopeds.