Gunman, 21, arrested for murder in Bronx fatal shooting

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police arrested a 21-year-old alleged gunman for murder after a man suffered a fatal hip wound in a Bronx shooting last week, authorities announced Wednesday.

Nasalik Espinosa was arrested on Tuesday and charged with murder, manslaughter, robbery and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon: loaded firearm.

Just before 5 p.m. on Dec. 29, police responded to a 911 call of a man shot in the vicinity of East 167th Street and Park Avenue in Morrisania.

Upon arrival, officers observed Aboubacar Toure, 34, with a gunshot wound to the hip.

EMS transported Toure, a Harlem resident, to NYC Health & Hospitals/Lincoln, where he was pronounced dead.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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