Belmont man fatally shot in a Foxhurst house

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A Belmont man was fatally shot in a south Bronx home on Monday night, police reported.

Dante Young, a 31-year-old of 548 E. 183rd St. was found by NYPD officers with a gunshot wound to his chest inside of 1486 Vyse Ave. at about 6:37 p.m. in Foxhurst, law enforcement sources said.

EMS personnel pronounced Young dead on the scene and no arrests have yet been made.

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