Man Fatally Shot In Harlem, Police Say

HARLEM, NY — A man was fatally shot on a Harlem block early Wednesday morning, police said.

Officers arrived at 230 W. 150 St., located between Frederick Douglass and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. boulevards, shortly before 1 a.m. to find a 29-year-old man suffering a gunshot wound to the back, police said. The man was unconscious and unresponsive when he was found, police said.

EMS transported the man to Harlem Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The NYPD is investigating the shooting and have not named a suspect, police said.

Wednesday's killing marks the second time a man has been shot to death in Harlem in the past four days. Cameron Stokes, 22, was arrested Saturday and charged with murder, criminal use of a firearm and criminal possession of a firearm in connection with the killing of Louis Greene, police said.

Greene, 30, was found early Saturday morning in front of a building on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and West 131st Street suffering a gunshot wound to the back, police said.

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