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Police Release Video of Crowd Suspected of Beating Bronx Teen To Death

By William Gorta | May 5, 2012 10:49am | Updated on May 5, 2012 10:52am

NEW YORK CITY — Police released a video of men they suspect in the beating death of a Bronx teenager.

Moises Lora, 16, was killed by a group of men who pummelled him in front of his building at 700 Morris Ave. in the Melrose Houses, police said

Police said he had an ongoing beef with the men who attacked him around 9 p.m. on April 16.

He suffered blunt force trauma to the head and was pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital.

On Friday, police said the Medical Examiner declared the death a homicide.

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