Man found dead with slash wound in East Village

EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A 51-year-old man was discovered dead, apparently slashed in the neck, in Manhattan's East Village.

The victim was found with a laceration to the neck outside 214 Avenue A at 1 a.m. Monday.

He was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital.

The death is being investigated as a homicide.

No arrests were immediately made.

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