The shooter opened gunfire in the residential Brownsville district of Brooklyn, NYC, during an annual block party around 11 p.m. local time (3 a.m. GMT), the New York Post newspaper said.
The perpetrator fled the scene, the newspaper added, citing law enforcement sources.
#BREAKING : New York - At least 7 people have been injured in a shooting incident in a Brooklyn playground at New Lots Avenue in Brownsville. #NYC #Brooklyn
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By midnight, detectives found one abandoned firearm and were combing the ground for more evidence, the report added.