‘I was stuck.’ Neighbors broken after Morrisania man was fatally shot inside NYCHA apartment

A Morrisania man is dead after police say he was shot inside his apartment early Friday morning in the Forest Houses.

The NYPD says officers responded to a 911 call shortly after 6:30a.m. at 765 East 165th St., where they found 27-year-old Jayvontae Simmons unconscious with a gunshot wound to the head.

First responders rushed Simmons to Lincoln Hospital, where he later died from his injuries, according to police…

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