Hempstead Shooting Leaves Teen Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on November 21, 2016

A teenager was gunned down in Hempstead over the weekend and investigators are searching for the shooter, Nassau County police said.

Officers responded to Washington Street, where they found the 19-year-old victim suffering from gunshot wounds at 8:39 p.m. Saturday, police said.

The victim was taken to Winthrop University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His identity wasn’t immediately available.

Homicide Squad detectives are continuing the investigation.

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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.