A suspect has been arrested for murdering two men whose charred remains were found in a Brooklyn apartment arson blaze, police said Monday.
Alex Alive, 33, is charged with two counts of murder for the March 17 slayings in the in the four-story building on Bay 29th St. near Bath Ave. in Bath Beach, cops said.
Firefighters discovered the lifeless men in an apartment where a couch had been set on fire, authorities said.
One of the men suffered a gunshot wound to the head and the other died of smoke inhalation, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said at a news briefing last week.
Police are still working to identify the victims.
“This location is known as a hangout for Russian males, who go there, hang out and drink,” Kenny said. “The tenant of record is a male 61 years old. We have not found him yet so he may be one of our victims.”
Alive has seven prior arrests for assault and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said. He lives half a mile from the building that burned, according to cops.
Cops do not believe there are any other suspects involved in the slayings.
