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Six teenagers were shot and wounded after a Sweet 16 party overnight Saturday in Brooklyn, according to New York City police. The shooting happened at around 1 a.m. Sunday, about 20 minutes after the birthday party ended, at an event space in the Cypress Hills neighborhood, officials said.
Police said Sunday that two gunmen opened fire, shooting six teenagers outside an event venue on Atlantic Avenue.
Six teenagers were injured in a shooting early Sunday morning outside a party venue in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, according to police. Officers responded at approximately 1:15 a.m. to a 911 call reporting multiple people shot outside 2929 Atlantic Ave., an NYPD spokesperson said.
Exclusive surveillance video obtained by Eyewitness News shows two masked men, dressed in black and wearing surgical masks, that police are looking to track down in connection to the shooting. Following the incident, the venue, Burbuja Events, issued a statement on social media about the shooting.