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Man Shot to Death Outside Luxury Dream Hotel in NYC After Quarrel

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NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

A 25-year-old man was shot and killed early Thursday outside a luxury hotel in New York City following a dispute, according to police.

The NYPD says two men got into an argument in front of the Dream Hotel on West 16th Street just before midnight. That's when a suspect shot the man, later identified as Byron Morales of Brooklyn, in the torso.

He was transported to Lenox Hill Hospital where he later died, police said.

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The shooter fled the scene and no arrests have been made.

Police say they don't believe the victim or the shooter were guests at the hotel.

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