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<h6 class="section-tag"><span style="color: #3b3030;"><strong>Man fatally shoots neighbors in Harlem, NY on Friday before setting the apt on fire</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="section-tag"><span style="color: #3b3030;"><strong>59-year-old male suspect, shot his 78-year-old neighbor in the head in the first-floor hallway of their apartment building, around 2:45 p.m on Friday</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="section-tag"><span style="color: #3b3030;"><strong>Gunman then shot the first victim&#8217;s man’s 62-year-old girlfriend in the head in the hallway</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="section-tag"><span style="color: #3b3030;"><strong>Police arrived to find the gunman had locked himself inside an apartment on the first floor of the building</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="section-tag"><span style="color: #3b3030;"><strong>Cops broke into the room and found the shooter dead in his bathroom with a gunshot wound to the head</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="byline-date"><img class="alignnone wp-image-333103" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/NYPD-arrive-at-homicide-scene-in-Harlem-NY-on-Friday-Oct-18-1.jpg" alt="NYPD arrive at homicide scene in Harlem, NY on Friday Oct 18 1.jpg" width="825" height="547" /><strong>Police Emergency Service Unit breach team leaves the Harlem building after finding the gunman on Friday</strong></h6>
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<p>A Harlem man shot and killed two of his neighbors, lit his apartment on fire, and then fatally shot himself in the head during a standoff with cops Friday, authorities said.<br />
Bruce Anderson sparked the melee when he introduced a gun to his long-running argument with neighbor Hampton Smith, 79, in the hallway of the second floor of their W. 131st St. building around 2:45 p.m., Friday.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">Anderson killed Smith by firing a bullet into his head, said police. He then went upstairs and shot Smith’s girlfriend, Yvette Rivera, 62, in the second floor apartment the couple shared, cops said.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Anderson, 59, then retreated to his own apartment. “Come and get it!” he yelled to police responding to reports of shots fired at the building.,</span>Chief of Manhattan Detectives Martine Materasso said.</p>
<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-333109" src="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/NYPD-arrive-at-homicide-scene-in-Harlem-NY-on-Friday-Oct-18-4.jpg?ssl=1&;w=2410" alt="NYPD arrive at homicide scene in Harlem, NY on Friday Oct 18 4.jpg" width="1205" height="903" /><strong>NY firefighters respond to the blaze at the crime scene in Harlem on Friday &#8211; The fire erupted on the first floor of the W. 131st St. building near Lenox Ave. about 2:50 p.m. on Friday. </strong></h6>
<h6><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-333101" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/EMTs-evacuate-bodies-from-homicide-scene-in-Harlem-NY-on-Friday-Oct-18-2.jpg" alt="EMTs evacuate bodies from homicide scene in Harlem, NY on Friday Oct 18 2.jpg" width="662" height="441" />EMS evacuates an injured man to an ambulance &#8211; Three people died in a Harlem building fire that sources said was started to cover up a crime Friday afternoon.</strong></h6>
<p>Police rushed to the scene and found the gunman had locked himself inside an apartment on the first floor.<br />
“Come and get it!” the suspect shouted at cops from inside the apartment.<br />
Police called for backup from the NYPD emergency services unit [ESU] and noticed smoke coming from inside the apartment, Materasso said.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">Moments later, Emergency Service Unit Officers broke into the apartment and discovered Anderson in a bathroom with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head, said police. Officers found two guns in the apartment.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Anderson and Hampton died at the scene, authorities said. Rivera was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where she was soon pronounced dead, sources said.</span></p>
<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-333105" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/EMTs-evacuate-injured-fireman-from-homicide-scene-in-Harlem-NY-on-Friday-Oct-18-3.jpg" alt="EMTs evacuate injured fireman from homicide scene in Harlem, NY on Friday Oct 18 3.jpg" width="662" height="441" /><strong>EMS remove a firefighter who was injured while responding from the scene of the fire on Friday</strong></h6>
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<p>More than 100 firefighters showed up to put out the flames and recover three victims.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">Authorities said the fire made the investigation “chaotic to say the least.”</span></p>
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<p>One firefighter suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries; a second suffered minor injuries.<br />
No other suspects are outstanding, police said.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">“The men had a long-running dispute,” said a police source, citing a noise complaint by Hampton against Anderson in February.</span></p>
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