Crime & Safety

Man Shot Off Gun Outside Gowanus Club, Police Say

The man fired several rounds into the air outside the Fire Lounge on Saturday, police said.

GOWANUS, NY — A man fired a gun in the air outside a Gowanus club early Saturday morning, police said.

The man was standing outside the Fire Lounge, at 593 Third Ave., when he took out a gun, pointed it to the sky and fired off several rounds at about 2:15 a.m., the NYPD said. There were no injuries reported in the incident.

Police said the man was last seen wearing black jeans, a black jacket and a black baseball hat.

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Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).


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