Mass shooting outside Amazura nightclub in New York leaves 10 injured after ‘4 men open fire over 30 times at revelers’
TEN teenagers have been injured in a mass shooting outside a New York nightclub.
Gunshots erupted outside the venue in Queens at around 11:15pm on New Year's Day when dozens were standing outside.
Cops have revealed that the victims were between the ages of 16 and 19.
Four men are said to have opened fire into a crowd of revelers waiting outside.
The shooters' are reportedly in their mid-to-late teens to early 20s, according to police.
The venue, which can hold up to 4,000 people, was thought to be hosting a private party at the time of the shooting.
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Revelers had gathered at the concert hall and club to celebrate the life of Tae'arion Mungo, 16.
Mungo, whose birthday was on January 1, was killed in Brooklyn on October 26 last year, as reported by the ABC affiliate
Around 90 people were in a function room in the upstairs area of the club.
No arrests have been made, but cops are also looking for a gray car as part of their probe.
Police have also been seen putting evidence markers near the venue.
And, they've already recovered several shell casings.
The victims were rushed to the hospitals near the concert hall.
Six women and four men were wounded, but none are thought to be critical, and all are expected to survive.
Footage shared on Citizen showed cop cars and ambulances charging to the nightclub.
It was the second shooting that happened in the vicinity of the nightclub within a matter of months.
In April, two men were shot and injured.
Police have stressed that the shooting is not a terrorist attack.
But Philip Rivera, the Chief of Patrol for the NYPD, issued a warning to the shooters.
"There is zero tolerance for these senseless shootings, these acts of violence," he said.
"Those responsible will be brought to justice."
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But, the gun violence came just hours after New Orleans was hit by a terror attack that left 15 dead.
Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, deliberately drove a Ford SUV into a crowd of revelers who were ushering in the New Year on the city's famed Bourbon Street.
Dozens were left injured in the carnage that unfolded.
Cops revealed Jabbar drove the truck at high speeds and was intentional in his actions.
Investigators also uncovered an ISIS flag and discovered pipe bombs that were hidden within coolers.
"We had been on and around Bourbon Street since the beginning of the evening," he said.
"When we were in the bar we didn’t hear shooting or crashes because the music was so loud."
"What he did does not represent Islam," he said.
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"This is more some type of radicalization, not religion.”
The FBI has confirmed that it no longer believes any other suspects were involved in the attack.