Times Square Shooting Leaves Man Dead, Police Say

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY – A man was shot in the head and killed outside a bar near Times Square early Tuesday, police said.

NYPD officers arrived at 729 Seventh Ave. shortly before 4 a.m. to discover 33-year-old Perseus Salichs in front of the building suffering from a gunshot wound to the head, police said. The man was rushed to Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The 17-story office building where the Salichs was found is located on Seventh Avenue between West 48th and 49th streets. The building is right next to the well-known Times Square bar Tonic and across the street from the popular tourist destination M&M'S World.

Salichs was shot shortly after leaving Tonic, law enforcement sources said.

An NYPD investigation into the deadly shooting is ongoing and no arrests have been made, police said. Witnesses told police that the shooter was a man wearing a black jacket and cap and investigators are reviewing footage from the area, law enforcement sources said.

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