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Chris Sommerfeldt and Elizabeth Keogh

Second asylum-seeker dies by suicide in NYC homeless shelter as more migrants head for city

NEW YORK — A second migrant committed suicide in a New York City homeless shelter, sources said Monday.

The 26-year-old man was found in a bathroom by his partner in a Queens shelter on Wednesday, according to a report by NBC News. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Mayor Eric Adams’ office referred a New York Daily News inquiry to the city Department of Social Services, which described the death of the Venezuelan migrant “absolutely heartbreaking.”

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