Manhattan shootings leave 2 dead

Pair of shootings just blocks from each other in Manhattan

The NYPD is investigating a pair of shootings that occurred Thursday afternoon in Manhattan, just a few hours apart.

NEW YORK - A pair of shootings in Manhattan on Thursday left two people, a man and a woman, dead in yet another day of gun violence on New York City's streets.

The NYPD says a woman was found shot to death Thursday morning near the University Hall dorm at NYU.

The NYPD responded to a 911 call at around 5 a.m. to E. 14th St. and Irving Place. in Union Square.

They found a 25-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her head.

EMS arrived but she was already dead.

The New York City Police Department says they are looking for a heavyset Black man wearing all-black clothing and a mask in connection with the killing.

Mayor Eric Adams said the killing appears to have been a targeted murder.

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No other details were immediately available.

In the second shooting, at around 1:30 p.m. on East 13th Street, police say a 26-year-old man was found shot in the head.

The man was rushed to Bellevue Hospital where he died.

Police say they are looking for a suspect, described as a man in his 20s wearing all black and a face mask.

So far, there is no indication that the shootings are related.