BRONX, N.Y. The NYPD reports that a 26-year-old male was shot and murdered inside a residential building in the Bronx’s Crotona Park East neighborhood on Saturday morning.
At around 9:39 a.m., 42nd Precinct officers responded to a 911 call reporting an assault in progress at 1007-09 East 174th Street. When officers arrived, they discovered Kasiem Johnson with a gunshot wound to his neck, unconscious and unresponsive.
Johnson was taken by emergency medical services to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he was declared deceased.
The inquiry is still underway, and no one has been taken into custody. Details on the events leading up to the shooting have not been made public by the police.
Investigators look into a deadly shooting in the Bronx.
On Saturday, detectives gathered evidence from inside the building and spoke with potential witnesses for many hours. Whether the shooting was part of a targeted attack or occurred during a confrontation is yet unknown.
Authorities have not disclosed any information about a possible motive or named any suspects.
The incident is part of a series of recent gunshots in the region that the NYPD is currently looking into.
As authorities look for the shooter, a 26-year-old Bronx man was shot and killed inside an apartment complex on Saturday morning.
