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id: 2d05a36e6c
section: safety
first_reported: 2026-11-04 23:06 EST
updated: 2026-11-06 23:42 EST
status: reported
outlets: 8
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# Two found fatally shot in East Harlem apartment building

Police are investigating a double homicide after a 55-year-old woman and a 66-year-old man were found fatally shot at a Second Avenue building in East Harlem Thursday night.

Section: [Public Safety](/new-york/section/safety.md) · Entities: [Elsa Espina-Espinal](/new-york/wiki/elsa-espina-espinal.md), [Wilgen Elias Severino-Tatis](/new-york/wiki/wilgen-elias-severino-tatis.md)

## Coverage

- [NBC New York](https://www.nbcnewyork.com/manhattan/east-harlem-shooting-two-dead-nypd/6568598/), 2026-11-04 23:06 EST: Mystery swirls after 2 are found shot in the head in East Harlem apartment
- [Spectrum News NY1](http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2026/11/07/nypd-east-harlem-man-home-health-aide-found-shot-dead-in-apartment), 2026-11-06 02:20 EST: NYPD: East Harlem man, home health aide fatally shot in apartment
- [amNY](https://www.amny.com/news/east-harlem-murder-shot-11062026/), 2026-11-06 09:50 EST: East Harlem murder mystery: Man and home health aide fatally shot in apartment
- [FOX 5 New York](https://www.fox5ny.com/news/east-harlem-double-homicide-second-ave), 2026-11-06 13:02 EST: Man, woman found shot to death in East Harlem building, NYPD says
- [Gothamist / WNYC](https://gothamist.com/news/manhattan-shooting-kills-2-people-in-east-harlem-nypd-says), 2026-11-06 14:18 EST: Health aide, elderly man killed in East Harlem senior center shooting, per NYPD
- [PIX11](https://pix11.com/news/crime/police-identify-two-killed-in-east-harlem-senior-housing/), 2026-11-06 14:21 EST: Police identify two killed in East Harlem senior housing
- [ABC7 New York](https://abc7ny.com/post/man-home-health-aide-found-shot-death-inside-east-harlem-apartment/20019675/), 2026-11-06 15:33 EST: Man and woman found shot in the head inside East Harlem apartment
- [CBS New York](https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/family-pleads-for-justice-after-double-homicide-in-east-harlem/), 2026-11-06 23:42 EST: Family pleads for justice after double homicide in East Harlem

Headline and summary written by the Acta Diurna desk from the coverage above. Read the original reporting for full detail.