Two Men Killed in Separate Bronx Attacks Minutes Apart

M. Sunday in front of an apartment building on East 161 Street near Courtlandt Avenue in the Concourse Village section of the Bronx, police said. Jones was taken to Lincoln Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. He lived in NYCHA Carver Houses in East Harlem but was known to visit the area, according to a local deli worker who saw him hours earlier.

M. opposite an apartment building on West Farms Road near Rodman Place in the West Farms section, authorities said. The second victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he died. Police said the motive in both cases remained under investigation and no arrests had been made by late Monday afternoon.

A 49-year-old resident near the first shooting expressed concern about rising violence as temperatures increase. Felony crime in the Bronx is down about 11 percent this year, according to the latest NYPD data. The department split the borough into two patrol areas last week, adding nearly 200 officers.