Shooting in an underground gambling club in Brooklyn: four died, several wounded

In one of the underground Brooklyn gambling clubs, as a result of the shootout, four people were killed, several more were injured. According to the owner of the premises, it was rented out for family celebrations. This is reported by the edition New York Post.

The shootout took place in a central part of Brooklyn, New York, called Crown Heights. “Players, $ XNUMX bills and bullets flew as an afternoon dice game turned into a chaotic shootout in Brooklyn early Saturday, leaving four people dead and three injured,” it said.

At the scene of the shootout, which subsided around 7 in the morning, one revolver and an 9-mm pistol were found, the source said.

Three victims with gunshot wounds were rushed to the hospital.

One of them, injured in the leg, was identified by law enforcement as 35-year-old Jahia Holder, a state correctional officer.

Among the dead is 37-year-old Chester Goode, who sources believe triggered the gunfight by shooting at the ceiling. He was killed with one shot to the head.

The two friends who came with him - Terrence Bishop, 36, and John Thomas, 32 - are also dead.

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Among the dead was also a guard who heroically tried to stop lawlessness by shooting at Hood, sources said.

“The cops told me they died with guns in hand,” owner Samuel Revell said about Goode and the guards.

Speaking about the motives for the shootout, the sources clarified that it was not yet clear whether Goode was angry because of a gamble or came to the club, intending to steal money.

What happened

About 20 people, including several women, were in a small room measuring 4 at 15 meters, playing poker and dice.

“The three guys played for over an hour,” a law enforcement source said. According to him, "there was a lot of money," as evidenced by the hundred-dollar bills scattered on the floor.

At that time, Goode fired a shot at the ceiling, ordering everyone in the room to lie on the floor, sources say.

Police officers reviewed the video surveillance camera to understand what happened. They also studied ballistics findings and testimony.

According to the conclusion of law enforcement authorities, "four of the dead were declared dead at the scene."

Officials said three of those injured were rushed to hospitals. The eighth victim needed treatment for a leg broken during the flight, the source emphasizes.

"People fled like cockroaches"

As rumors of the shooting began to spread, worried relatives rushed to the scene. “He won't pick up the phone! The worried woman shouted over her cell phone. - He won't answer! Oh my God!"

Another man, speaking on his cell phone, said he narrowly escaped the flying bullets by running out the back exit. “When the shots started, people ran - they scattered like cockroaches,” he said.

The chief police officer, New York detective Dermot Shea, said that gambling here was played illegally.

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At the same time, Revells, who owns the premises, noted that he did not know anything about what was happening here and that he rented out the premises for family celebrations. “I thought they were having a birthday party there,” he said. "During the two years that I rented out the premises, we had no problems, no police."

Revells also said that he was walking towards the building when he learned of the crime. “I was driving to fix something, and the tenants called me and told about what happened,” he said. “It's all about money,” said the owner sadly.

What really happened in the club

According to online records, the club, which positions itself as a “private and social rental space,” does not have a license to sell alcohol or a business license.

Shi confirmed that alcohol was not really consumed here.

"Operations on the property appear to have begun in November 2008 when the site received two complaints that the ground floor had been converted to a nightclub," the Buildings Department said in a report. However, one person said that this place was used as a "men's club".

Also, the source recalls, a week ago in Manhattan, four homeless people were killed during sleep, and the area itself, according to the people who live here, is very dangerous at night.

Authorities reactions

After the deadly shooting, district president Eric Adams called for increased funding for sites like Crown Heights and nearby Brownsville, where in July 12 people were shot during a party.

Hizsoner also condemned the “epidemic” of gun violence in this part of the city.

And city measures Bill De Blasio announced an epidemic of violence with weapons.

“I've said this before and will say this as long as I can: we have an epidemic of gun violence that does not spare the community - and it will not stop until we remove guns from our streets once and for all,” Bill De Blasio wrote on Twitter ...