New York City Mayor Eric Adams joined elected officials, anti-violence activists and neighbors on Monday for a vigil at the Brooklyn lounge where three people were shot and killed. Police said shots rang out around 3:30 a.

The New York City mayor's race candidates honed in on fighting crime and prostitution after the mass shooting took quality of life issues front and center.

He always brought candy to my kids,” stray bullet victim Amadou Diallo’s sister said. “They loved him like he was their own father.”

A fatal Crown Heights shooting prompted New York City mayoral candidates to clash over crime policies as city grapples with recent surge in gun violence incidents.