Murder-Suicide: Musician Fatally Shot Two Members of 'The Yellow Dogs,' Himself in Brooklyn

The Yellow Dogs' two members and a third man were fatally shot by an Iranian musician early Monday morning. The assailant killed himself too in what the police are terming a murder-suicide in Brooklyn's East Williamsburg section, according to The New York Times.

The gunman identified as 29-year-old Ali Akbar Mohammadi Raffie, allegedly used a semi-automatic rifle to gun down brothers Soroush Farazmand (guitar player) and Arash Farazmand (drummer) and Ali Eskandarian (singer associated with the group). Soroush and Arash were brothers and played for the post-punk rock band named the Yellow Dogs were killed by Ali said manager Ali Salehezadeh (NeverHeard Inc.). 35-year-old singer, Ali Eskandarian , who toured with the band in March, was also gunned down told the band's publicist from Requim, Ashley Ayers.

Sasan Sadeghpourosko was also wounded in the shootout, but was given treatment and released from a local hospital.

Initially, it was reported that the assailant was an unhappy ex-band mate of the Yellow Dogs, but Salehezadeh told The Wall Street Journal that Raffie (gunman) was in Free Keys. The two bands were known to each other and had played at same events in the past.

"Once he was kicked out of Free Keys for being problematic, the Yellow Dogs stopped associating with him as well," Ayers revealed.

A law-enforcement official confirmed that Raffie's problems with other bands surfaced about a year ago. It happened because Raffie was selling band's equipments without the knowledge of other band members.

Guitartist Siavash Karampour and bass player Koory Mirz were unharmed in the shooting.

The Yellow Dogs fled Tehran in 2010 for the U.S. As soon as they started playing in U.S. they connected with the audience.

The band was featured in a CNN article on artists in the Middle East. "They think I'm an anarchist," Karampour told the interviewer. He also said, "They're like my brothers. They're more close than my brothers."

Yellow Dogs appeared in "No One Knows About Persian Cat," a 2009 movie that won an award at the Cannes Film Festival. "New Century" by the band was featured in the movie's soundtrack.