4 Young Men Found Slain In Apartment

The bodies of four young men who had been shot to death were found Saturday in an apartment in a crimeplagued neighborhood.

More than 50 people gathered in the snow, many screaming and crying, as police carried four blue body bags out of the house on the city’s west side.

One man lunged at the first bag that came out the front door.

“Oh God, no. He was my brother,” the man said. “He was my brother.”

Police discovered the bodies at 8:30 a.m. in a bedroom. They had been shot repeatedly, police Detective Dennis Murray said.

All the men appeared to be in their early 20s. They had to be fingerprinted before they could be identified, Murray said.

Residents said drugs and violence were commonplace in the neighborhood.