The City’s medical examiner has ruled the death of two people on Aug. 6 in the Pelham Parkway section of The Bronx as a murder-suicide.

 

On Saturday, Aug. 6, at around 9.10 a.m., police from the 49th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding an aided individual in front of 720 Pelham Parkway South.

 

“Upon arrival, officers discovered two aided, unconscious individuals at the rear of 2199 Cruger Avenue,” a police spokesperson said. “Officers observed a 35-year-old male and a 28-year-old female, unconscious and unresponsive with injuries indicative of a fall from an elevated position,” the spokesperson added.

 

EMS responded to the location and pronounced both people deceased at the scene. The medical examiner was to edetermine the exact cause of death. The identifications of the deceased had been pending proper family notification.

 

Pursuant to an ongoing investigation, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, it was determined that the woman had sustained blunt force trauma to her head, prior to the fall. “As such, her death has been deemed a homicide,” police said. “The manner of death for the second person has been deemed a suicide.”

 

The deceased were identified as Ornela Shehi, a 28-year-old woman from 2199 Cruger Avenue in Pelham Parkway, The Bronx, and Florind Belliu, a 35-year-old man of the same address.

 

The investigation remains ongoing, police said.

 

Anyone with information regarding 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 WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

If you are in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or reach out to the Crisis Text Line by texting ‘Home’ to 741741.