Gunshot to leg kills man, 44, on Bronx street corner

A 44-year-old man suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the leg on a Bronx street corner Saturday night, police said.

A 911 call led NYPD officers to find the victim shot in the right leg on the corner of W. 175th St. and Macombs Road in Morris Heights just before 11 p.m., cops said.

Medics took the man to St. Barnabas Hospital, but he couldn’t be saved. Police have not yet released his name.

Police took a person of interest in custody at the scene, but so far, no one has been charged with the killing.

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