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Man Fatally Shot at Jackson Heights Bodega

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March 23, 2018 By Tara Law

A 31-year-old man was shot and killed inside a Jackson Heights bodega last night.

Police responding to a 911 call arrived at Cinco de Mayo Food Market at 81-06 Roosevelt Avenue around 8:16 p.m. They discovered the victim unconscious and with gunshot wounds to his chest, police say.

EMS transported the man to NYC Health and Hospitals / Elmhurst, where he was pronounced dead.

No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing. The victim’s identity has not been released pending family notification.

Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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