26-year-old man fatally shot in Bronx park, NYPD says

A man was fatally shot at a Bronx park early Thursday, police said — the same place a teenager was gunned down earlier this summer.

NYPD officials said officers found 26-year-old West Farms resident Ronell Marte in Starlight Park near East 174th Street shortly before 3 a.m. with a gunshot wound to his chest. Emergency medical workers took him to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police said Marte lived less than a half-mile from the park. They did not immediately release a description of a suspect…

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