{"id":155294,"date":"2026-03-06T14:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/155294\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T14:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:30:10","slug":"bronx-shooting-man-gunned-down-inside-public-housing-complex-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/155294\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx shooting: Man gunned down inside public housing complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772807409_118_Screenshot-2026-03-06-at-9.12.55-AM.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Police in Bronx at crime scene\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Bronx shooting: Man gunned down inside public housing complex 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>FILE \u2013 Police investigate a crime in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n<p>Police in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> are on the hunt for the suspects who shot a man dead inside a public housing complex on Friday morning.\n<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources said the shooting occurred inside an apartment building within the Forest Houses, at 765 East 165th St., in Morrisania at about 6:35 a.m. on March 6.\n<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd42pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">42nd Precinct<\/a> and NYPD Public Service Area 7 responded to the location after receiving a 911 call about a man shot inside the building.<\/p>\n<p>When they arrived, police reported, they found the victim, a 27-year-old man, who was unconscious and unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137835699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772807410_735_Screenshot-2026-03-06-at-9.00.38-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Scene of Bronx shooting\" width=\"1200\" height=\"803\" title=\"Bronx shooting: Man gunned down inside public housing complex 2\"  \/>Law enforcement sources said the shooting occurred inside an apartment building within the Forest Houses, at 765 East 165th St., in Morrisania at about 6:35 a.m. on March 6.Photo via Google Maps\n<\/p>\n<p>The motive for the shooting remains unknown and under investigation at this time, police sources said.<\/p>\n<p>EMS rushed the victim to Lincoln Hospital in critical condition; he was later pronounced dead. Police have not yet released the man\u2019s identity, pending family notification.\n<\/p>\n<p>So far, no arrests have been made in the case. Police sources said three suspects wearing all black clothing, who were seen fleeing the building after shots rang out, remain at large.\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the shooting can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X (formerly Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>Through March 1, the NYPD reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/assets\/nypd\/downloads\/pdf\/crime_statistics\/cs-en-us-042pct.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">four shootings and one homicide year-to-date<\/a> in the 42nd Precinct. <a href=\"https:\/\/compstat.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Borough-wide, the Bronx<\/a> has had 37 shootings and 16 murders year-to-date through March 1, up from 34 shootings and 14 homicides at the same point in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE \u2013 Police investigate a crime in the Bronx. 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