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Teen Beaten to Death at Bronx Housing Complex

A 16-year-old boy was beaten to death at the Melrose Houses in the South Bronx on Mon., April 16, 2012.
A 16-year-old boy was beaten to death at the Melrose Houses in the South Bronx on Mon., April 16, 2012.
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DNAinfo/David Greene

BRONX — A teen boy was brutally beaten to death at a housing complex in the South Bronx late Monday, authorities said.

Moises Lora, 16, was found with blunt force trauma to the head after police received a report of an assault in front of 700 Morris Ave. in the Melrose Houses about 8:48 p.m., the NYPD said.

He was taken to Lincoln Medical Center and pronounced dead, police said.

The victim lived at the address where the beating occurred.

No arrests have been made and an investigation is ongoing, cops added.