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Two Dead, One Critically Hurt in Apparent Murder-Suicide in Bronx Apartment

Police have opened an inquiry into the Johnson Avenue shooting, with identities withheld pending notification.

Overview

  • Officers responded to a 7:57 a.m. call reporting multiple shots inside a building at 2500 Johnson Avenue in Riverdale.
  • EMS pronounced a 55-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman dead at the scene from gunshot wounds to the head.
  • An 86-year-old woman who was shot in the face was taken to Harlem Hospital in critical but stable condition.
  • Officials say the case is being investigated as an apparent murder-suicide, with the motive still unclear.
  • The names of the deceased have not been released pending family notification, and everyone involved is believed to be related according to police sources.