Police are currently working to identify the first of two men found dead inside a Bronx subway station within a 24-hour period. One man was found dead inside East 205th Street subway station, the last Bronx stop on the D train. Police in conjunction with the City’s medical examiner’s office are also working to ascertain his cause of death.

 

According to police, the first man was discovered at 7:48 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 6. A police official told Norwood News, “Police responded to a 911 call of an aided individual at the 205 Street subway station located in the confines of Transit District 11 / 52 Precinct. Upon arrival, officers observed an unidentified male, unconscious and unresponsive, in the mezzanine area of the subway station.”

 

The unnamed police official added, “EMS responded and pronounced the individual deceased. The deceased remains unidentified at this time. The Medical Examiner will determine the exact cause of death.”

 

A longtime female resident of the area who declined to be identified said shortly after the man’s removal from the station, “I saw it. They took him out through there. They brought him out to the coroner.” She said the man was placed in a waiting black truck. The woman added, “He had OD’d. He had OD’d. Twenty-three years old….been here 3 months from Santo Domingo.” Asked where she heard that, the woman replied, “I talked to the cops, I know them. I live here. I’m an old timer.”

 

The woman then produced a cell phone photo showing police officers assisting with the removal of the deceased from the station and placing his body inside the waiting vehicle.

 

In reference to the discovery of the body, a second resident, a man selling food outside the subway station, added, “Somebody told me it was from yesterday, like 10:30 or 11 p.m. He was there, like asleep. I don’t know. Maybe sick? Maybe he died already?” The police official we spoke to was asked if the man had been in the station all night. He declined to respond.

 

A third resident added, “Somebody told me about it and then when I came up to Foodtown, they had the street blocked off and I asked the cop and he said, ‘Supposedly, there’s a dead body on the train.'”

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Police reported a second death inside the Bronx transit system when at 12:55 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7, police were called to the East 180th Street subway station at Morris Park for a report of a male struck by a train. The still-unidentified victim was pronounced deceased at the scene, and police continue to investigate the incident. The medical examiner will also determine the man’s cause of death.

 

Anyone who may have information regarding either 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 Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.

 

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