Man attacked in the Bronx last month dies, opening homicide investigation

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Man attacked in the Bronx last month dies, opening homicide investigation

Police said a man who was assaulted near a Bronx bodega last month succumbed to his injuries last week, prompting the NYPD to open a homicide investigation. Law enforcement sources said police from the 40th Precinct responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress at 526B Willis Ave., Mott Haven, on Sunday, June 23, at around 10:54 p.m. When officers arrived, they found a 54-year-old man with a laceration to his face in front of a deli at the a…