A mass shooting overnight at a club in Brooklyn left three people dead and another nine wounded, police officials and the mayor said Sunday morning.

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.

Martin St. Louis died in the Sunday gunfight he started when he fired at Folk Nation gang member Jamel Childs, 35, according to police.

A shooting in Brooklyn left several people wounded early Sunday, according to the New York City Police Department. At approximately 3:27 a.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired at 903 Franklin Avenue, according to the NYPD. Upon arrival, police discovered multiple people suffering from gunshot wounds inside the location.

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.

Jamel Andre Childs, 35, tried to cool tempers down at Taste of the City lounge in Crown Heights before the gunfight erupted, friends say.

Speaking with reporters at a canvass launch event in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NYC Democratic mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, called the shooting "another example of the scourge of gun violence" in New York City.