A second homeless man was discovered shot useless on the streets of Lower Manhattan in as many days Sunday night.
Police reported that the unidentified man was discovered with a attainable gunshot wound to his physique and wrapped in a sleeping again close to the nook of Greenwich and Murray Streets in Tribeca at about 6:30 p.m. on March 13.
Officers from the first Precinct made the ugly discovery. The physique was transferred to the Medical Examiner’s workplace for an post-mortem.
The investigation stays ongoing on the location as detectives proceed to look into two shootings of homeless males in SoHo Saturday — one among which resulted in a fatality — that left many homeless New Yorkers rattled.
At this early level within the case, police sources mentioned they haven’t but made any connection between these incidents and Sunday’s demise.
Regarding Saturday’s murder, at about 4:30 p.m. on March 12, cops discovered a homeless man with bullet wounds to his head and neck outdoors 138 Lafayette St. He was pronounced useless on the scene.
Hours earlier, a 38-year-old unhoused man took a bullet to his arm on King Street off Varick Street. The sufferer was dropped at Bellevue Hospital for therapy.
Anyone with info concerning the shootings can name Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You may submit ideas on-line at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are stored confidential.
