2 Gunned Down on Bronx Street: NYPD

A man and woman were gunned down early Monday morning while walking together along a Bronx street, police said.

Yajahira Duverge, 37, and Beramy Garcia, 33, were walking on East 175th Street near Weeks Avenue in the Mount Hope neighborhood at about 5 a.m. when they were shot and killed, investigators said.

Duverge, a mother of four children, died from a gunshot wound to the torso, police said. Garcia, a father of three, was shot in the head, back and wrist.

Investigators said they don't believe the two were romantically involved. Police have questioned Duverge's husband, her family said.

Detectives wrapped crime scene tape around a van, where they found a gun inside the vehicle's wheel well.

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