Bronx detectives are questioning a person of interest in connection with the fatal beating of a man inside an apartment on Saturday night.

According to police sources, officers from the 46th Precinct received a 911 call reporting that a man had been found unconscious inside of 1851 Phelan Place at around 8:52 p.m. on Nov. 8.

The responding officers discovered the 48-year-old victim inside the residence, who had suffered blunt force trauma to the head and body. A preliminary investigation revealed that the victim appeared to have been attacked with a metal object.

EMS rushed him to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead. Police have withheld his identity, pending family notification.

Police sources said say officers took a person of int

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