Crown Heights is recovering from a mass shooting in the neighborhood earlier this week

WNYC News | Aug 18, 2025

Police continue to investigate the mass shooting at a hookah lounge in Crown Heights over the weekend that killed three men and injured 11 other people.

Camara Jackson, the executive director of Elite Learners, talked with WNYC's Tiffany Hanssen to talk more about what's been happening in the community since the shooting early Sunday morning. Elite Learners is a community based organization provides violence intervention and conflict mediation services to young people in central Brooklyn.

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