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Woman Found Dead in Brooklyn Shelter With Bruising to Neck: NYPD

Police launched an investigation Sunday after a woman was found dead in a Brooklyn shelter with visible bruising to her neck, according to authorities. The NYPD said officers responded around 4 p.m.

Police launched an investigation Sunday after a woman was found dead in a Brooklyn shelter with visible bruising to her neck, according to authorities.

The NYPD said officers responded around 4 p.m. to a 911 call for an unconscious woman at the shelter on Amboy Street, near Sutter Avenue, in the Brownsville section.

Responding officers discovered the 37-year-old victim laying on a bed within a bedroom, unconscious and unresponsive, with bruises on her neck, police said.

File photo of police tape at a crime scene. BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn — Police launched an investigation Sunday after a woman was found dead in a Brooklyn shelter with visible bruising to her neck, according to authorities.

The NYPD said officers responded around 4 p.m. to a 911 call for an [...]




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