Queens Homicide Ends NYC's 9-Day Murder-Less Streak

NYC Murder-Less Streak Ends After 9 Days
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 28: Police crime scene tape lies in the street outside Club Kalua club where Sean Bell was shot and killed November 28, 2006 in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. Sean Bell was killed and two friends wounded when New York City police fired 50 shots at them outside a strip club after Bell's bachelor party. (Photo by Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 28: Police crime scene tape lies in the street outside Club Kalua club where Sean Bell was shot and killed November 28, 2006 in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. Sean Bell was killed and two friends wounded when New York City police fired 50 shots at them outside a strip club after Bell's bachelor party. (Photo by Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)

New York City's streak of consecutive days without a homicide ended at nine on Saturday when a man was found shot to death in a Queens basement apartment, police said.

NYPD officers rushed to the Corona apartment at 97-28 57th Ave. about 6 p.m. after receiving a 911 call about a man bleeding inside, police said.

Cops found the unidentified victim unconscious with a gunshot wound to his head, police said. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

No arrests had been made as of Saturday night.

No homicides were recorded in the five boroughs between Jan. 16 and Jan. 25 -- during a cold snap -- surpassing an 8-day homicide-free streak in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy last year, police said. The streaks were the longest in recent memory for the NYPD, police said.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly on Friday said police were happy to get an assist from the frigid temperatures.

"To the extent that weather plays a role, great," Kelly said. "We are rooting for more cold weather." ___

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