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2 Gold Street Rental Apartments

Murder at 2 Gold Street

2 Gold Street Rental Apartments
2 Gold Street Apartment

A Pace University student was fatally shot inside  his apartment at 2 Gold Street in the Financial District, early this morning.

According to authorities, the victim is 22-year-old Max Moreno. He was rushed and later died at Bellevue Hospital.

Moreno was found in the downtown luxury rental building on the 37th floor. Police are looking for two suspects who got past doormen to fatally shoot Moreno in the head. According to reports, Moreno was a known marijuana dealer and the shooting may have been a drug deal gone bad.

A man and a women were purported to have initially tried to rob Moreno of both money and drugs.

Moreno died from a single gunshot wound to his left temple.

Moreno’s roommate was home at the time and fled the apartment after the shooting but was followed and beaten by the suspects.

According to NYPD, detectives are investigating whether this was a set up.

Anyone with any information on the incident are asked to contact the NYPD at (212) 334-0611 or Pace University Security at (212) 346-1800. All tips will be held confidential.

Stella Bistro on Front Street

Three People Shot at South Street Seaport

Stella Bistro on Front Street
Stella Bistro on Front Street

An early morning shootout has left FiDi residents rattled after three people were shot by the South Street Seaport.

A night out at Stella Bistro left two women and a man shot after they got into a verbal altercation with another pair of men, after leaving the bar at 3am.

Witnesses alerted BatteryParkCity.com minutes after the shooting, “There was blood everywhere, bloody footprints, a woman was bleeding from her head but ambulances got to the scene pretty quickly.”

According to the New York Post, “A crowd formed, and a man pulled out a .357-caliber handgun and shot the three, then fled, authorities said.

The victims, who were from Brooklyn and Queens, were taken to Bellevue Hospital, where they were in stable condition, police said yesterday.

Cops cuffed two alleged perps just a block away from the shooting. Both live in the area.”