Two Found Fatally Shot in East Harlem Apartment

Police are investigating after a 55-year-old woman and a 66-year-old man were found fatally shot in an East Harlem apartment on Thursday evening, November 5. Officers responding to a 911 call found both with gunshot wounds to the head, and emergency medical personnel pronounced them dead at the scene, police said.

The call concerned a reported assault at a Second Avenue building near East 104th Street. Police accounts placed the response at about 8:30 p.m.; one report gave a time of approximately 8:34 p.m. The address was identified as 2029 Second Avenue.

Investigators had made no arrests, released no description of a possible suspect and had not publicly identified the victims in reports issued by Friday. Police had not announced a motive. It remained unclear whether the deaths resulted from a murder-suicide or whether another person was involved, according to one police account. No firearm was recovered at the scene, police-related reporting said.

The victims’ relationship and circumstances were not established publicly. A building superintendent told one broadcaster that the man lived in the building and that the woman worked there as a home attendant. The woman’s role has not...