Vigil for innocent bystander shot and killed during gang gunfire in Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A vigil was held Monday night for the innocent victim killed in a mass shooting at a Brooklyn lounge over the weekend.
At least 14 people were shot at the Taste of the City Lounge on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights around 3 a.m. Sunday.
Amadou Diallo, 27, was an innocent bystander killed in the gunfire along with alleged gunmen Marvin St. Louis, 19, and Jamel Childs, 35.
Police say St. Louis and Childs spoke briefly inside the lounge.
Authorities say 10 minutes later, St. Louis approached Childs and opened fire. Detectives say Childs and two other gunmen fired back.
Officials say at least 42 shots rang out.
Both Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch spoke at the vigil, vowing to quell the violence.
"We don't manufacture guns in New York City," Mayor Adams said. "So, why are they finding our way on the streets? We need help from the federal authorities to finally put an end to this senseless violence."
Eyewitness News spoke to a relative of Diallo, who says he came to the U.S. from West Africa two years ago to work.
"So, he was doing the delivery, DoorDash and Uber, gaining in his life with honesty, without stealing nothing. No problem. Never had any problem here," said Diallo's relative Mamdou Sansoussy through a translator.
NYPD officers are still looking for the other two gunmen in the shooting.
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