A 21-year-old man was killed and eight more people were wounded in a shooting whilst they were enjoying a barbeque, police said.
The victims, two women and seven men, were shot near the intersection of East 139th Street and contoh Fifth Avenue in the early hours of Monday morning.
Officers from the NYPD responded to numerous reports of people shot in the area at about 12.35am, detective Brian McGee said during a news conference.
New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said: 'The emboldened individuals responsible for this are exactly who our officers are battling every day to make our city safe'