Crime & Safety
Homeless Man Found Dead In West Harlem In Apparent Homicide
The 43-year-old man was found on Broadway last month. Police have not made any arrests or identified any suspects.
HARLEM, NY — Police are investigating after a homeless man was found dead on a West Harlem street last month in an apparent homicide.
Around 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 4, police responded to a 911 call reporting an unconscious man in front of 3157 Broadway, between La Salle Street and Tiemann Place.
Officers found the victim, 43-year-old Francisco Sierra Lopez, unconscious and unresponsive. He was taken to Mount Sinai Saint Luke's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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The Medical Examiner found that Lopez had been the victim of an assault, having sustained blunt force trauma and laceration to the torso, and ruled his death a homicide.
Police have made no arrests and an investigation is ongoing.
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