The prime suspect in a Bronx murder last week died while in custody on Rikers Island on Saturday — the city's 11th in-custody death this year, and its second fatality in a week's time.

The NYC Department of Correction announced on Saturday night that Jimmy Avila, 44, had died following an apparent medical emergency at the West Facility.

Avila, 44, had been booked on murder charges for the shooting death of Ryan Hines, 37, during a triple shooting at an apartment building on College Avenue on the morning of Aug. 27.

Hines was fatally shot in the chest while two other men were seriously wounded in the gunfire. Police had apprehended Avila at the scene.

But on Aug. 30, the correction staff at the West Facility rushed to Avila's aid. Efforts by medical staff and EMS to revive him were unsu

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