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Man Killed and Another Injured in Mount Hope Shooting, NYPD Says

By  Trevor Kapp and Aidan Gardiner | December 12, 2016 8:26am 

 Jose Morales was killed during an argument on Weeks Avenue, police said.
Jose Morales was killed during an argument on Weeks Avenue, police said.
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MOUNT HOPE — One man was killed Sunday and another was left on life support after a shooting in The Bronx, NYPD officials said.

Jose Morales, 41, and a 25-year-old man were shot during an argument near East 175th Street and Weeks Avenue just after 7 p.m., a police spokeswoman said.

Morales, who lives nearby, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The other man was treated at St. Barnabas Hospital, where he's listed in critical condition, police said.

It wasn't immediately clear what the argument was about.

There were no immediate arrests, an NYPD spokeswoman said.