NYC auto shop owner found dead in pool of blood inside business: sources

The co-owner of a Queens auto body shop was found dead in a pool of blood inside his business Monday afternoon, authorities and sources said. The 65-year-old man was lying unconscious and unresponsive next to a power tool inside Mekniko Autoworks on Cross Island Parkway near 149th Street in Whitestone when his brother found him around 3 p.m.and called 911, according to cops and sources. He had visible cuts on his neck and elbow, and blood pooled around him, authorities and sources said. The man – who was not immediately identified by police – was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS workers. The shop was closed at the time of the grisly discovery, sources said. It was not immediately clear whether criminality was suspected, and the city medical examiner’s office will officially determine how he died....

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