Farmingdale Man Shot Outside Strip Club

By Timothy Bolger Posted on May 16, 2014

A 25-year-old man was shot and wounded outside of a strip club in his hometown of Farmingdale early Friday morning, Suffolk County police said.

William Proefreidt was in the parking lot of Café Royale on Route 109, when he was shot in the neck at 12:35 a.m., police said.

The victim was taken to Nassau County Medical Center, where he was listed in serious but stable condition.

First Squad detectives are continuing the investigation and ask anyone who may have witnessed the shooting to call them at 631-854-8152.

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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.