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Flushing man fatally shot near his home: NYPD

Flushing man fatally shot near his home: NYPD
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By Robert Pozarycki

Cops have identified the 26-year-old man who was fatally shot multiple times on a residential Flushing street Sunday morning.

Officers from the 109th Precinct responded to a 911 call about the shooting in front of a home on 45th Avenue near 163rd Street at 4:30 a.m. Nov. 4.

Upon arriving at the scene, they found Victor Alvarenga, 26, of 164th Street, unconscious and unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds to his body.

Paramedics rushed him to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Alvarenga lived around the corner from where he was fatally shot, police said.

Police have not yet revealed any information regarding a possible motive, or a description of the suspect(s) involved.

No arrests have been made, and the investigation was ongoing.