UPDATE Fordham Heights: 20-Year-Old Man Dies following Shooting in Residential Building

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 20-year-old man died Wednesday, following a shooting which apparently took place inside a residential building in Fordham Heights.

Police responded to a call regarding an assault inside an apartment of a residential building on Creston Avenue, located in the 46th precinct, on Wednesday, Aug. 11, at approximately 7.11 p.m.

Upon arrival, officers observed the 20-year-old victim with three gunshot wounds, lying unconscious and unresponsive inside the hallway of the location. EMS responded and transported the victim to Saint Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

No arrests have been made. The deceased has been identified as Omar Sepúlveda of Creston Avenue in Fordham Heights, The Bronx.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information with regard 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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at Https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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