Hempstead Shooting Leaves Man Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on December 27, 2013

A 22-year-old man was shot to death in his hometown of Hempstead on Thursday night, Nassau County police said.

Officers responded to a report of shots fired on Gladys Avenue, where they found Jose Alvarado lying in the driveway unconscious and suffering from a gunshot wound at 10:15 p.m., police said.

The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead a half hour later.

Homicide Squad detectives are continuing the investigation.

Detectives request anyone with information regarding this incident to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

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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.