US-Man in custody in connection with Bronx double homicide, cops say

The suspected shooter is in custody.

Ns News Online Desk: A suspected shooter was in custody in connection with a double homicide. A suspected shooter was in custody in connection with a double homicide in the Bronx on Saturday night, a police spokeswoman said Sunday.

The 28-year-old was being questioned in the fatal shooting of two men just before 11 p.m. outside 397 East 198th Street in Bedford Park, cops said. Charges against him were pending.

A 24-year-old man was shot in the head and a 28-year-old man was shot in the body. Both men were rushed to St. Barnabas hospital but couldn’t be saved, cops said. “It stemmed from a dispute,” the police spokeswoman said.

She said it wasn’t immediately clear what the dispute was about.