Shooting Kills 2, Including Teen, At Bronx NYCHA Complex: Police

THE BRONX, NY — A teenager and a young man were shot to death Sunday night at a public housing complex in The Bronx, police said.

Cops responding to reports of gunshots found the wounded 17-year-old boy and 21-year-old man at about 11:40 p.m. in front of 2955 White Plains Road, the NYPD said. The building is part of the New York City Housing Authority's Parkside Houses development.

The man had been shot in the neck and the boy was hit in the torso, police said. Medics rushed them both to Jacobi Hospital, where they were declared dead, according to the NYPD.

A police spokesperson could not immediately say what led to the killing or whether it involved one or multiple shooters. Cops are still investigating the incident, police said.

The deaths came amid a recent citywide increase in gunplay and a mass shooting in Brownsville, Brooklyn that killed one person and injured 11 others last month.