Roosevelt Man Killed in Shooting

By Timothy Bolger Posted on April 11, 2016

A 46-year-old man was shot and killed in his hometown of Roosevelt over the weekend, Nassau County police said.

Allen Simpkins Jr. was found lying on the ground in front of his John Street home at 3:56 a.m. Saturday. He was pronounced dead at the scene of a gunshot wound, police said.

Homicide Squad detectives ask anyone with information regarding this case to call Nassau County 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.