{"id":323036,"date":"2026-08-17T11:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/323036\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T11:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:47:01","slug":"mom-33-killed-in-stray-bullet-shooting-at-bar-in-crown-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/323036\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom, 33, killed in stray-bullet shooting at bar in Crown Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/muyaja3zdgzb9cmh.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn mother of 5 killed in stray-bullet shooting, NYPD says\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/muyaja3zdgzb9cmh.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn mother of 5 killed in stray-bullet shooting, NYPD says\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-5a75adc3=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">NEW YORK &#8211; The search is on for the gunman accused of killing an innocent mother of five in a stray-bullet shooting in Brooklyn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The NYPD said Safronie Hartzog, 33, and a 34-year-old man were shot when gunfire erupted early Sunday morning outside the Ooh La La Lounge and Bar at Howard Avenue and Bergen Street in Crown Heights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786967221_540_crown-heights-shooting.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Investigators said the shooting happened just before 2:30 a.m. Surveillance video shows people running for cover after multiple gunshots are heard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to police, Hartzog was outside the bar when a fight broke out and shots were fired.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Hartzog, an innocent bystander, officials said, got shot in the back and ran inside the bar for help. She was rushed to hospital and pronounced dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The 34-year-old man was shot in the stomach and was reported to be in stable condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police are searching for the suspected gunman and any other potential suspects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anyone with any information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story is from the New York Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\/nyc\/brooklyn\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8211; The search is on for the gunman accused of killing an innocent mother of five&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,12,56,63,618],"class_list":["post-323036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}