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Police: Man Shot, Killed At Harlem Bed & Breakfast

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed at a bed and breakfast in Harlem.

Cops were called to the Harlem Bed & Breakfast at 54 West 120th Street just after midnight Thursday.

When officers arrived, they found a 23-year-old man shot in the neck, police said.

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He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Officials said the victim was staying in the basement garden apartment of the bed and breakfast and authorities believe he knew the gunman, 1010 WINS' Steve Sandberg reported.

The swanky bed and breakfast is housed in a four-story brownstone that sits on the edge of Marcus Garvey Park. It has a four out of five rating on TripAdvisor.

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The shooting has many in the neighborhood stunned.

"This is a very quaint area and something for that to happen is disbelievable to me," Deena Brown, who lives down the street, told WCBS 880's Peter Haskell.

"It just seems like a random occurrence but I want to keep my neighborhood safe," neighbor Jennifer Field.

So far, there are no arrests. Police are still investigating.

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