Crime & Safety
Man Shot And Killed While Driving Car In Washington Heights: Police
Police found a car wrecked on Wednesday night near West 181st Street and Amsterdam Avenue. The driver had been shot in the torso, NYPD said.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — A man was shot and killed while driving a pickup truck in Washington Heights on Wednesday, police said.
Around 10:43 p.m. near the Washington Bridge Ramp at West 181st Street and Amsterdam Avenue, police found a red Dodge pickup truck wrecked after striking a section of the entrance ramp for the Cross Bronx Expressway, NYPD said.
Law enforcement peered into the truck to find a 41-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the torso, police said.
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Emergency services rushed him to the Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
His identity is pending proper family notification.
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There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.
It is the second time this week that a man was shot in the torso and killed in Upper Manhattan.
On Monday night, NYPD found Erni Garcia, 24, lying in front of 187 Sherman Ave. with a gunshot wound to his chest, police said.
The two men were pronounced dead at the same hospital.
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