Man Beaten To Death Outside Astoria Apartment Complex: NYPD

ASTORIA, QUEENS -- A man was beaten to death outside an Astoria apartment complex early Thursday morning, and his ex-girlfriend's lover is wanted for questioning about the killing, police said.

Cops responding to a 911 call found the 48-year-old man unconscious at about 1 a.m. after he was repeatedly bashed in the the face near 20th Avenue and 18th Street.

The man, whose identity police have yet to release, was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital in Queens, where he later died.

No arrests have been made in the killing, and the investigation is ongoing. Police said they were looking to question the beau of the man's ex-girlfriend, who he has a child with.

The man was in a custody battle with his ex-girlfriend, and the two got into an argument the night before he was killed, police sources told NBC news. She reportedly returned with another man a short time after their fight, and the two men took a walk, but only the other man returned.

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