Man Shot Dead On Harlem Street Corner, Police Say

HARLEM, NY — A man was shot to death Tuesday night in Harlem, police said.

Officers arrived at the corner of West 154th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard around 8 p.m. and found 22-year-old Zuquone Lurk suffering gunshots to the head and torso, police said. EMS rushed the man to Harlem Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

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

The fatal shooting is the third murder to occur this year in the NYPD's 32nd Precinct — which spans the area between Bradhurst Avenue and Fifth Avenue from West 127th Street to the Polo Grounds Houses on West 162nd Street — according to crime statistics as of July, 8.

Before Tuesday night's shooting there had been 10 shootings with 11 victims to occur in the 32nd Precinct this year, according to the NYPD crime statistics.

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