Crime & Safety

Man With Bloody Head Wound Dies In Harlem Facility: NYPD

Police found the 47-year-old at The Hannigan, a supportive housing complex for low income New Yorkers and people with mental illnesses.

Police were summoned around 10:40 a.m. to the 12-story building on West 127th Street between St. Nicholas Avenue and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, known as The Hannigan.
Police were summoned around 10:40 a.m. to the 12-story building on West 127th Street between St. Nicholas Avenue and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, known as The Hannigan. (Google Maps)

HARLEM, NY — A man with a bleeding head wound died inside a supportive housing facility in Harlem Wednesday morning, police said.

Police found the unconscious 47-year-old man at The Hannigan —a residence for low-income families, formerly homeless adults and people with mental illness — on West 127th Street near St. Nicholas Avenue and 10:40 a.m., the NYPD said.

Emergency responders were unable to revive the man and he was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

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An NYPD spokesperson was unable to comment on the man's cause of death, or whether any suspects were being sought. The death remains under investigation.

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