--- description: Police say the shooting occurred at 74 Utica Avenue, in Weeksville neighborhood of Brooklyn. The investigation is ongoing. title: Four Killed and Three Injured in Shooting in Brooklyn Saturday Morning image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [New York](/tag/new-york/) ## New York Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 4 Killed and 3 Injured in Brooklyn Shooting  by [Madeleine Carlisle](/author/madeleine-carlisle/)  ## Madeleine Carlisle Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 9:11 PM CUTPublished: Oct 12, 2019 1:32 PM CUT  by [Madeleine Carlisle](/author/madeleine-carlisle/)  ## Madeleine Carlisle Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 9:11 PM CUTPublished: Oct 12, 2019 1:32 PM CUT Four people were killed and three were injured in a shooting in Brooklyn, the New York Police Department confirms to TIME. Police responded to to a call about shots fired at 6:55 a.m. on Saturday. When they arrived they found four adult men who were pronounced dead at the scene, and a woman and two men who suffered non-life threatening injuries and taken to hospitals. Police said the ages of those who were shot range from 32-years-old to 49-years-old. While police said they would not release the names of the seven victims at this time, they said they have “tentative” information that two of the victims lived outside of New York and the rest lived in Brooklyn. Police say the shooting occurred at 74 Utica Avenue, in the Weeksville neighborhood of Brooklyn and gave no additional information whether any suspects were arrested. In a press conference Saturday morning, an NYPD officer said police believe the shooting took place at an illegal gambling organization, but wouldn’t speculate as to motive at this time. The officer noted that police did not see evidence of alcohol consumption, but saw evidence of gambling with cards and dice. He added that police have recovered two guns as evidence of shots fired. > [](https://twitter.com/NYPDnews/status/1183018850083921922) The officer estimated that at least 15 people were inside when the incident occurred at least 15 shots were fired, but he stressed police only have preliminary information. The gun-control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety [defines](https://everytown.org/press/new-report-on-u-s-mass-shootings-shows-that-in-half-of-mass-shootings-the-shooter-or-shooters-displayed-warning-signs-before-the-shooting/ "undefined") a [mass shooting](https://time.com/5644751/mass-shootings-families-grief/ "undefined") as any shooting in which four were killed, not including the shooter. Per this definition, and by the nonprofit [Gun Violence Archive](https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/ "undefined")‘s count, this is the [329 mass shooting](https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting "undefined") in the U.S. in 2019. The investigation is ongoing. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5699045/brooklyn-shooting-october-new-york-city/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5699045/brooklyn-shooting-october-new-york-city/"},"headline":"4 Killed and 3 Injured in Brooklyn Shooting","datePublished":"2019-10-12T13:32:47.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T21:11:21.000Z","description":"Police say the shooting occurred in the Weeksville neighborhood of Brooklyn","url":"https://time.com/5699045/brooklyn-shooting-october-new-york-city/","keywords":["New York","Crime","Gun Violence","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Madeleine Carlisle","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/madeleine-carlisle/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/new-york/","name":"New York"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5699045/brooklyn-shooting-october-new-york-city/","name":"4 Killed and 3 Injured in Brooklyn Shooting"}}]}] ```