Crime & Safety

2 Fatally Shot In The Head Inside NYC Building: NYPD

What led up to the shooting is not known at this time.

QUEENS, NY — Two people were shot and killed inside a Queens apartment building early Tuesday morning, police said.

The incident happened inside 33-51 84 Street around 1:50 a.m.

Officers responding to the scene found a 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head and an 18-year-old woman with gunshot wounds to the head and chest.

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Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene. The identities of the man and woman killed have not been released yet.

A description of a possible shooter was not readily available. What led up to the shooting is not known at this time.

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An investigation remains ongoing.

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