Crime & Safety
3 Dead In NYC Following Tuesday Mayhem: NYPD
The three incidents happened in Washington Heights and Harlem on July 2, police said.

NEW YORK CITY — 3 people were killed in separate incidents in New York City Tuesday, police said.
The first incident happened in Washington Heights near Saint Nicholas Avenue and West 185 Street at 2:57 a.m., police said.
Officers found Mateo Solis, 20, with a stab wound to his back. He was transported to NYC Health and Hospitals/Harlem, where he later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.
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Almost two hours later, at 4:25 a.m., in front of 19 Hancock Place in South Harlem, police found an unidentified man unresponsive with trauma to the head and body.
The victim was transported to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead, police said.
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Finally, at 1:39 p.m., in the vicinity of West 118 Street and Frederick Douglas Blvd in Harlem, police found a 37-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his back.
The victim was transported to Mount Sinai Morningside where he was pronounced dead, police said.
There have been no arrests in connection to the three incidents at this time, and an investigation remains ongoing.
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