Bronx Crime Watch: Three Murders in Last 24 Hours (Updated)

In the last 24 hours, the Bronx has seen three people, in two separate incidents, fall victim to gunshot wounds to the head. Both incidents occurred near Bronx housing projects.

On Sunday afternoon, police found William Robles, 27, in front of Union Consolidated Houses in Morrisania with a gunshot wound to the head. Robles was transported to Lincoln Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Then, early this morning at around 5 a.m., at the Soundview Houses, police discovered two yet-to-be-unidentified victims also with gunshot wounds to their heads. Emergency responders pronounced them dead at the scene. Police said one of the victims was a 30-year-old black man whose family had yet to be notified. The other victim was described as a black man in his 20s.

No arrests have been made in either case.

[Update: State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. issued a press release this afternoon condemning the shootings at the Soundview Houses this morning. He also said he was "concerned for the reporter, who according to the National Press Photographers Association, was struck in the face and hospitalized at the homicide scene today."

The Times reports that seven people, including the three in the Bronx, have been killed since Saturday night. Through Sunday, murders are up 15 percent citywide compared to this time period from last year (459 vs. 399 last year). Through October, which doesn't include these latest murders, homicides are up 19.8 percent in the Bronx, from 91 last year during through October to 109 this year.]

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