Man Shot Dead in Roosevelt

By Timothy Bolger Posted on October 15, 2016

A 24-year-old man was shot dead in Roosevelt on Friday night, Nassau County police said.

First Precinct officers responded to a call for shots fired on Hudson Avenue, where Carlos Ulises Ventura-Zelaya was found suffering from bullet wounds at 10:17 p.m., police said.

The victim was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Homicide Squad detectives are continuing the investigation and ask anyone with information about this crime to contact 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.