New York Daily News

Shot, stabbed by duo, but he lives

- Thomas Tracy, Rocco Parascando­la and Graham Rayman

A COUPLE SHOT and stabbed a man in the Bronx and then left him for dead, police said Wednesday.

Cops found the man bleeding from multiple gunshot and stab wounds in a fourth-floor apartment on Bronx Park South near Boston Road in West Farms.

The man was the stabber and the woman fired the gun, the man said, giving a brief descriptio­n of the two before passing out.

Medics took the victim to an area hospital, where he was in critical condition. His most serious wounds were caused by one gunshot to his neck and another to his upper right chest.

Police said they found the male suspect, Taheen Scott, 25, inside the building and charged him with attempted murder. They were still looking for the woman.

A blood trail led to an apartment in the building, where there was evidence someone started cleaning blood from the hallway and the apartment entrance, authoritie­s said.

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