Co-Owner of L&B Spumoni Gardens Shot Dead

Pictured: L&B Spumoni Gardens. Image via Google Maps.

GRAVESEND, BROOKLYN — The co-owner of Gravesend institution L&B Spumoni Gardens was shot dead Thursday night, according to reports.

According to the NYPD, a man named Louis Barbati, 61, was shot in the torso outside his Dyker Heights home at 7 p.m. Barbati was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The department did not identify who Barbati was, but multiple news outlets quickly reported him to be the co-owner of L&B.

Patch called the business Thursday night, but a staffer said a manager wouldn't be available to speak until Friday.

However, in an email sent out late on Thursday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Councilman Vincent Gentile, whose district includes Dyker Heights, confirmed the media reports.

As of Thursday night, no arrests had been made, police said, and an investigation into the shooting was ongoing.

L&B was founded in 1939 by Italian immigrant Ludovico Barbati, according to the restaurant's website, and is renowned for both its spumoni, an Italian dessert, and its pizza.