Police are investigating two separate homicides that took place over the course of 12 hours in the Bronx.<\/p>\n
At 3:34 p.m. on December 5, officers from the 47th Precinct responded to a call regarding an assault at 688 East 223rd Street. Upon their arrival, police found Staten Island resident Melquan Johnson, 36, with a gunshot wound to his head.<\/p>\n
Paramedics rushed Johnson to NYC Health and Hospitals\/Jacobi, where he died of his injuries. No arrests have been made at this time.<\/h4>\n
In an unrelated incident, at 3:31 a.m. on December 6, Bronx police officers responded to a call regarding an assault in progress at 1479 Macombs Road. Upon their arrival, officers from the 44th Precinct found a 38-year-old woman with multiple stab wounds to her chest and back.<\/p>\n
Paramedics rushed the victim to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. Her identity is being withheld pending family notification.<\/p>\n
Upon further investigation, another victim, a 46-year-old man, was stabbed once in the leg and was taken by private means to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he is in stable condition. A person of interest was taken into custody at the scene.<\/p>\n
Both investigations remain ongoing.<\/p>\n
A: Both investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n
A: Two people were killed, and one person was injured.<\/p>\n
A: One person of interest was taken into custody at the scene of the stabbing on Macombs Road.<\/p>\n
A: The investigations are ongoing, and more information will be released as it becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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