The New York Police Department reported that seven people were shot inside a restaurant in Brooklyn, and that searches are underway for the suspect in the incident - which occurred in Crown Heights neighborhood, home to a large Jewish community. According to reports in the US, the wounded were evacuated to hospitals in the area, and their condition is still unclear, as is the background to the shooting, which happened around 3:30 a.m. New York time. Apparently, the shooting took place in a restaurant owned by immigrants from the Dominican Republic.

