21-year-old shot and killed in the Bronx

NYPD officers responding to emergency call. File photo by Roy Janssen
NYPD officers responding to emergency call. File photo by Roy Janssen

NEW YORK, NY – Detectives with the New York City Police Department’s 47th Precinct are investigating the shooting death of Nicholas Lewis, 21.

Lewis was shot near his Pratt Avenue home at around 10:45 pm on Wednesday.

Police officers arrived to find the 21-year-old with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was treated at the scene before being transported to NYC Health and Hospitals/Jacobi where he was pronounced dead.

No arrests have been made at this time. No suspects have been identified.