Authorities say 19-year-old Jose Hart lived in a first-floor apartment on Southern Boulevard in Hunts Point.
Police say Hart was found 12:30 Sunday afternoon with gunshot wounds to the torso and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators found two shell casings near his body, but no weapon.
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Friends came by Sunday night to light candles and remember Hart and the games they played together growing up.
"He wasn't a bad guy at all," friend Larry Johnson said. "He was a good kid. Every time I spoke to him on Facebook, he was always talking about how he wanted to get his life better. I was more upset because he was in the middle of fixing his life."
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Eyewitness News is told Hart's father died a month ago in a motorcycle accident.
The investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made. Police say they are looking for three males and one female.