Eight people, including four children, were shot during a Fourth of July family barbecue in Brooklyn's Coney Island when a masked gunman opened fire on the group without warning, police officials said.
New York Police Department (NYPD) detectives are working to identify the suspect, who fled the scene on foot and remains at large, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference on Sunday.
“There is no place for this kind of violence in our city. We will not tolerate it. We will fight it with every single tool at our disposal," New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at the news conference.
As we mourn alongside those whose loved ones have been hurt, let us also recommit ourselves to the work of building a city where every celebration is safe and every holiday is joyful,” Mamdani added.
Tisch said the victims included a 37-year-old man, a 33-year-old man, a 21-year-old woman, a 25-year-old woman and the four children, ages 6, 7, 12 and 14.
The shooting occurred around 10:37 p.m. on Saturday in the courtyard of a residence at West 30th and Surf Avenue, less than two blocks from Coney Island's famed Riegelmann Boardwalk, police said.
"The preliminary investigation indicates that a family barbecue was taking place in the courtyard when an unknown male dressed in all black and wearing a black ski mask approached the fence line along Surf Avenue and fired multiple rounds into the courtyard," Tisch said.
President Donald Trump called the head of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, and asked him to review the red card suspension of U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun, sources familiar with the situation told ABC News.
Balogun will be eligible to play in the USMNT's World Cup round of 16 match against Belgium on Monday after the striker's controversial one-game red card suspension was put on hold by FIFA.
FIFA said on Sunday that "the implementation of the match suspension is suspended for a probationary period of one year."
Trump's call with Infantino took place last week, according to the sources.
Balogun was given the red card during the second half of the U.S. match against Bosnia-Herzegovina on July 1 after clashing with an opposing player's foot. The penalty led to Balogun being ejected from the game and automatically landed him a one-game suspension. FIFA told ABC News at the time that the call by the referee was final and not able to be overturned or appealed.
The football governing body added Sunday that if Balogun "commits another infringement of a similar nature and gravity during the probationary period, the suspension shall be revoked and the sanction enforced without prejudice to any additional sanction imposed for the new infringement."The football governing body added Sunday that if Balogun "commits another infringement of a similar nature and gravity during the probationary period, the suspension shall be revoked and the sanction enforced without prejudice to any additional sanction imposed for the new infringement."The football governing body added Sunday that if Balogun "commits another infringement of a similar nature and gravity during the probationary period, the suspension shall be revoked and the sanction enforced without prejudice to any additional sanction imposed for the new infringement."
The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) is astonished by FIFA's decision to declare suspended United States player Folarin Balogun eligible to play" in Monday's match, the RBFA said in a statement Sunday, in part.
The statement further said that the "FIFA Disciplinary Code clearly provides that a red card (sending-off) automatically results in a suspension for the team's next match, as has been the case for all previous red cards issued during this FIFA World Cup."
"In order to safeguard the legitimate rights of all participating teams and to protect the fundamental principles of fair play in our sport, both at this FIFA World Cup and at future editions of the tournament, the RBFA is investigating all potential options," the statement concluded. The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) is astonished by FIFA's decision to declare suspended United States player Folarin Balogun eligible to play" in Monday's match, the RBFA said in astatement Sunday, in part.
The statement further said that the "FIFA Disciplinary Code clearly provides that a red card (sending-off) automatically results in a suspension for the team's next match, as has been the case for all previous red cards issued during this FIFA World Cup."
"In order to safeguard the legitimate rights of all participating teams and to protect the fundamental principles of fair play in our sport, both at this FIFA World Cup and at future editions of the tournament, the RBFA is investigating all potential options," the statement concluded.
As America marks its 250th year this July Fourth, former Presidents Bill Clinton, George Bush and Barack Obama shared their messages to the country on its milestone birthday.
And while the messages celebrated the founding of America and its values, including a commitment to always trying to be better and creating a more perfect union, they also appeared to take veiled aim at President Donald Trump’s actions and his administration.
One of the most prominent critiques came from Clinton, a Democrat, who took aim at "the people in charge," referencing the current administration.
"Today, we celebrate this milestone amid another period of deep division, renewed questions about America’s future and role in the world, and serious threats to our own institutions and to our democracy itself," Clinton said in his statement released Saturday.
Clinton also called out the Trump administration’s immigration tactics and handling of the Iran war. Clinton also said that one of the major lessons from the last 250 years is that America continues to work toward being a more perfect union.
"There is still nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what’s right with America. We see it in the people lining up to vote, no matter how hard some may try to prevent them," Clinton said. Clinton also said that one of the major lessons from the last 250 years is that America continues to work toward being a more perfect union.
"There is still nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what’s right with America. We see it in the people lining up to vote, no matter how hard some may try to prevent them," Clinton said.
America 250: David Muir climbs up to the Statue of Liberty's torch
World News Tonight" anchor David Muir kicked off ABC News' celebration of America's 250th birthday by climbing up through Lady Liberty's right arm to reach the torch, standing over 300 feet in the air.
A gift from the people of France in 1886, the statue was there to welcome more than 12 million immigrants over six decades -- from the opening of Ellis Island as an immigration center in 1892 to its closure in 1954.
ABC is marking America's 250th anniversary with 24 hours of programming called "Disney Celebrates America" acrossABC, Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, National Geographic, FX, Freeform, and ABC News Live.
The multi-platform broadcast, led by "World NewsTonight" anchor David Muir, will feature coverage across all 50 states, beginning 10 p.m. ETon July 3 and runningthrough July 4.
While taking the ferry to Liberty Island, Muir spoke to Captain Hamilton Clancy, who grew up in the shadow of the statue as his grandfather used to be the superintendent of Liberty Island.
"It's impossible to fully imagine what it was like for the immigrants all those years ago, turning the corner and seeing that torch for the first time," Muir said.
"They were the bravest people that I can possibly imagine," Clancy said, speaking of the courage of the immigrants who came through New York Harbor to start a new life in an unfamiliar land.
It is believed that around 40% of Americans can trace their ancestry through Ellis Island, according to the National Park Service.
In the 1980s, there was a restoration project ahead of the statue's centennial celebration. The original torch could not be restored due to severe damage over the years, so it was replaced with an exact replica. Muir met with Tony Soraci, the grandson of Italian immigrants and one of the workers who helped with that restoration project.
The pair stepped into the museum on Liberty Island to see the original torch that Soraci helped preserve.
She'd been up there for 100 years -- she's out in the middle of the ocean," Soraci said of the toll the first century took on the statue.
While making his way up to the top of the statue, Muir met up with Matt Housch, a historian with the National Park Service.
As they were climbing the double helical staircase to the crown of the statue, Muir got a glimpse of the intricate copper patchwork inside the statue.
"The copper is so thin, it's really just, like, almost two pennies in your hand, and the outside has that green patina," Housch said. "The inside we see is dark like a penny, and you can also really see all the rivets that are in each copper piece."
"[Bartholdi] didn't know that the most immigrants in history were gonna come into New York City," Housch said. "That was gonna happen years later."
"I've never seen anything like this," Muir said as he took in the spectacular view from the torch. "Welcome to New York Harbor. You can hear the ferry pulling off. Wow. This is what all of those immigrants saw as they pulled into the harbor."
The statue was designed with the flexibility to sway and withstand aggressive weather.
"One of the things you notice right away up here, when you're standing on the torch at the Statue of Liberty -- which they've given so few people access to -- are the winds up here," Muir said. "You can actually feel the Statue of Liberty swaying with the wind, and architects designed it that way -- with that purpose in mind to withstand the weather all these years."
Just like the many immigrants that came through New York Harbor and were greeted by the statue years ago, visitors are welcomed by the statue every day. Around 3.8 million people come to see it every year, according to data from the National Park service.
"For generations of immigrants crossing the Atlantic, coming here to the United States, this was the first view they would see when they pulled into New York Harbor, the torch of the Statue of Liberty high above the harbor," Muir said. "It was the signal of something, the chance of a new life right here in America."
Iran live updates: Indirect US-Iran technical talks end with 'positive' progress, mediators say
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.
The U.S. and Iran again traded aerial strikes over the weekend, a back-and-forth that followed an Iranian attack on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington said. The U.S. and Iran agreed on Sunday to stop those attacks and allow tankers to move freely through the strait, a U.S. official told ABC News.
Delegations from the United States and Iran entered negotiations this month aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.
Trump says Iran gets a 'week off' as funeral for Khamenei begins
In a speech at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota on Friday night, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the United States has “knocked the hell out of Iran,” while claiming that Iran is "dying to settle."
Trump added that the United States "gave [Iran] a week off for a funeral, because we’re nice” ahead of Iran starting a dayslong funeral Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Footage showed Khamenei's coffin draped with the Iranian flag and topped with his black turban. It was placed, along with four other coffins of his slain family members, on a large black platform that resembled the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure at the center of Islam's holiest site in Mecca.
Khamenei's body is expected to be taken to Qom, Najaf and Kerbala, the great Shi'ite centers of Iran and Iraq, before being laid to rest on Thursday in Mashhad, home to the country's holiest pilgrim shrine.
-ABC News' Rashid Haddou
US and Iran talks conclude with 'positive' progress, mediators say
The latest round of indirect technical talks between the United States and Iran have concluded with "positive" progress, according to a statement posted on Thursday by the Pakistani Foreign Ministry.
Qatar and Pakistan mediated the talks in Doha, Qatar.
US and Iran talks conclude with 'positive' progress, mediators say
The latest round of indirect technical talks between the United States and Iran have concluded with "positive" progress, according to a statement posted on Thursday by the Pakistani Foreign Ministry.
Qatar and Pakistan mediated the talks in Doha, Qatar.
Parties have agreed to continue discussions over the coming period," the mediators said, according to the statement.
Another round of talks was expected to be scheduled "at the earliest possible time" after Tehran holds a state funeral for the former Iranian leader, Ali Khamenei, which is to begin on Friday.
-ABC News' Joe Simonetti
Vance says Iran will not collect tolls in Strait of Hormuz
Vice President JD Vance continued to defend the administration’s position on Iran as negotiations to fully end the war appear to have stalled out, saying there would be no tolls in the Strait of Hormuz.
“I just want to be very clear here this is not going to end in a place where the Iranians are collecting tolls on ships going through the Strait of Hormuz,” Vance said in an interview with the conservative podcaster Michael Knowles.
"In fact, I feel quite confident that we're not gonna have a tolled Strait of Hormuz in the future," he added.
This comes as Iranian officials continue to insist the opposite.
"Passing through the Strait is free of charge only for 60 days. Iran will not give up its rights in the Strait of Hormuz under any circumstances. The Strait of Hormuz is valuable when traffic increases day by day, not less. We should not turn the Strait of Hormuz into our enemy," Iran's Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tuesday.
Vance dismissed the signals from Iran’s own government about the negotiations, saying that they were trying to posture for their domestic audience.
“What they're saying right now for the consumption of their domestic audience, it really doesn't matter. What matters is what's going to happen,” Vance said.
President Donald Trump previously warned that if talks fail, the U.S. could impose a toll on the critical shipping channel.
Two people are dead and at least one more is injured after a shooting broke out between two parties at Fairlane Town Center mall in Dearborn, Michigan, on Friday, police said.
"It appears this was not a random act of violence. this was between two parties that knew each other here at the mall. A fight began that escalated in gunfire," Dearborn Police Chief Issa Shahin told reporters Friday.
Police responded to a report of a shooting just before 1:30 p.m. local time to find three gunshot victims, according to police.
Two of those shot have now died -- one at the mall and the other at a hospital, Shahin said.
"The loss of life is tragic," Shahin said.
A number of people are being interviewed by police at the station, Shahin said.
"These kinds of acts of violence are completely unacceptable," the police chief added.
