The men were among 11 people hit by gunfire in the Taste of the City Lounge on Franklin Avenue, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a press conference. A total of eight men and three women were shot amid a dispute in the lounge, she said. The initial 911 call was received at about 3:27 a.m., the NYPD said.

A BBC news editor at the scene saw scores of police vehicles and at least one person with a bloodied chest being taken away.

A man in New York City was pushed onto the train tracks at a Midtown subway station Saturday night, although he was not struck by a train, according to police.

There was an alarming outbreak of gun violence in New York City this weekend after a total of 10 people were shot in six separate shootings. The shootings, which police say were unrelated, all happened early Saturday night into early Sunday morning.

The president also said he would consider calling in active-duty military troops if needed, launching an unprecedented effort to take charge of the nation’s capital.

After a judge threatened to block an order federalizing Washington’s police, the Justice Department issued a new directive leaving the city’s police chief in charge, for now.

Trump termed his law-and-order takeover in the US capital as “liberation day”, said he would start with DC but “crackdown on crime” would go further