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

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.

Three people were killed and eight injured after multiple gunmen opened fire at a New York City restaurant before fleeing early on Sunday morning

The Brooklyn hookah lounge where three people were killed and nine others wounded early Sunday was right at the scene of another shooting less than a year ago.

What began as a dispute inside the packed nightclub escalated when multiple gunmen opened fire, unleashing chaos before fleeing into the streets.

Police have revealed the names of the three people shot and killed at the Taste of the City Lounge over the weekend. The victims were identified as 19-year-old Marvin St. Louis, 27-year-old Amadou Diallo and 35-year-old Jamel Childs,

It happened around 3:27 a.m. at Taste of the City Lounge, located at 903 Franklin Avenue, according to the NYPD.

Investigators believe a shooter or shooters opened fire with multiple weapons at Taste of the City Lounge in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights after "a dispute" just before 3:30 a.m., killing three men, New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters.