Teen Found Shot Dead in Central Islip

By Timothy Bolger Posted on June 30, 2015

A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in his hometown of Central Islip early Tuesday morning, Suffolk County police said.

Officers who responded to a report of a shooting found the victim, Jonathan Cardona-Hernandez, lying on Nicholl Avenue south of Messina Street at 5:50 a.m.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Homicide Squad detectives are continuing the investigation and ask anyone with information about the case to call them at 631-852-6392 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

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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.