Crime & Safety

Man Shot In Chest Found In Car: Peekskill Police

The Mohegan Lake resident used to live in Peekskill.

PEEKSKILL, NY — Police checking on a report of a suspicious man in a car found a body Saturday. The man, who had been believed to be sleeping in a running car, had in fact been shot in the chest.

Police called to the 900 block of Paulding Street at 2:55 a.m. called Peekskill Paramedics who declared him dead.

The man was later identified as 27-year-old Emmanuel Jordan, a former Peekskill resident, currently living in Mohegan Lake.

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Anyone with information should contact the Peekskill Police Detective Division at 914-737-8000 or email jgalusha@peekskillpolice.com. Anonymous tips may also be made atwww.cityofpeekskill.com under the crime tips section.

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