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Man found fatally shot in lobby of his Manhattan building

Isabel Slepoy / New York Daily News
New York Daily News
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A Manhattan apartment tenant was found with a fatal gunshot shot wound in the lobby of his building early Sunday, police said.

Police responded to reports of a man shot at the building on W. 176th St. near Amsterdam Ave. in Washington Heights about 1:55 a.m., cops said. When they arrived, Lamar Brown, 44, was found unconscious in the building lobby with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

He was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia, but he could not be saved.

Police made no immediate arrests and were still searching for the gunman Sunday night.