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Case of Man Found Dead Outside Manhattan Charter School Ruled a Homicide

It wasn't until he was taken to a hospital that the laceration to his chest was discovered, according to the NYPD

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The death of a 65-year-old man who was found unconscious outside a Manhattan charter school early Monday has been ruled a homicide, police said Tuesday.

Cops spotted the victim in front of Harlem's Success Academy Charter School on West 113th Street shortly after 4 a.m. It wasn't until he was taken to a hospital that the wound to his chest was discovered, according to the NYPD.

He was later pronounced dead. The man's identity is being withheld pending proper family notification, police said.

No other details were immediately available. The investigation is ongoing.

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