Up to four gunman opened fire during a dispute inside the crowded Taste of the City Lounge in New York City overnight, police say.

A mass shooting overnight at a club in Brooklyn left three people dead and another nine wounded, police officials and the mayor said Sunday morning.

Two of the three people killed in a New York City nightclub shooting early Sunday have been identified as suspected gunmen who opened fire inside the establishment, injuring up to 11 other people, police officials said on Monday.