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NYPD Probes Two Suspicious Deaths in NYC Parks

Police say the cases appear unrelated.

Overview

  • Officers found 75-year-old Albert Itzkowitz with gunshot wounds near the Kissena Park lake in Queens, where medics pronounced him dead at the scene.
  • Police found a 37-year-old man unconscious at 1015 River Ave by Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park near Yankee Stadium, who was later pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital.
  • Detectives have not made any arrests in either case.
  • Investigators say the two incidents do not appear connected.
  • The medical examiner will determine the Bronx victim’s cause of death, and police have not released his name while they notify family.