Hempstead Murder Suspect Nabbed in Rhode Island

By Timothy Bolger Posted on February 20, 2013

A suspect wanted for gunning down a 29-year-old Hempstead man last month has been apprehended in Rhode Island, Nassau County police said.

William Flowers was arrested Wednesday and charged with second-degree murder.

Homicide Squad detectives alleged that the 31-year-old Rosedale man shot and killed James Warren on Fulton Avenue in Hempstead on Jan. 30.

The victim was taken to Nassau University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

Flowers will be arraigned Thursday at First District Court in Hempstead.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.