Hempstead Shooting Leaves Man Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on September 18, 2014

A 31-year-old Far Rockaway man was shot dead in Hempstead on Wednesday afternoon, Nassau County police said.

A passerby found Troy Bell suffering from a gunshot wound on the corner of Linden Avenue and South Franklin Road at 12:23 p.m., police said.

He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Homicide Squad detectives are continuing the investigation.

Detectives ask anyone with information regarding this crime to contact 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.