Hempstead Shooting Kills Man, 37, Injures Teen

By Timothy Bolger Posted on June 10, 2016

A 37-year-old man was killed and a teenager was wounded in a shooting in the victim’s hometown of Hempstead, Nassau County police said.

Damien Pinckney was shot once in the chest in his Lawson Street home at 4:10 a.m. Thursday, police said. A 19-year-old man was also shot in the arm, police said.

Pinckney was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The teen was treated and released.

Homicide Squad detectives are continuing the investigation and 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.