NYC restaurant customer shoots two people, including bartender

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A crazed customer who was kicked out of a Brooklyn restaurant came back and shot two people, including the female bartender who booted him, cops and law-enforcement sources said Sunday.

The gunfire ripped through El Cerrito del Carmen Restaurant at 2024 McDonald Ave. in Gravesend around 9:41 p.m. Saturday, police said. 

Cops investigate a shooting at El Cerrito del Carmen Restaurant in Gravesend, Brooklyn, on Saturday night. Paul Martinka for New York Post

When cops arrived, they found a 29-year-old man shot in the arm and a 27-year-old woman grazed on her back by a bullet, police said.

Patrons and workers are shaken after the violence. Paul Martinka for New York Post
Police mark evidence outside the restaurant. Paul Martinka for New York Post

The shooting happened after the woman, who was a bartender at the restaurant, asked the suspect to leave for acting disorderly, according to sources.  

The suspect left the restaurant but returned and opened fire, hitting the bartender and a man, sources said. He then fled.

The two victims were rushed to Maimonides Medical Center by EMS and are in stable condition, according to authorities. 

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