EMS responded to an apartment at 21-15 35th Avenue in Astoria around 6:50 p.m., where they found the 61-year-old man with blood around his mouth.
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The FDNY requested police and pronounced the victim dead just after 7 p.m.
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The Medical Examiner's Office will determine the cause of death.
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There were no weapons recovered and no one else was found inside of the apartment at the time of the discovery.
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