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Bay Shore shooting: Police ID man found dead in church parking lot 

Suffolk County police investigate a fatal shooting on Holbrook Street in...

Suffolk County police investigate a fatal shooting on Holbrook Street in Bay Shore early Saturday morning. Credit: Paul Mazza

By Craig Schneider and Brinley Hinemancraig.schneider@newsday.com,brinley.hineman@newsday.com

A man was found fatally shot in a church parking lot in Bay Shore early Saturday, Suffolk County police said.

Officers responded to a call of shots fired in a parking lot on Holbrook Street shortly before 1 a.m., police said. There, they discovered Linver Ortiz-Ponce, 29, who had been shot. 

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A man was found fatally shot in a church parking lot in Bay Shore early Saturday, Suffolk County police said.

Officers responded to a call of shots fired in a parking lot on Holbrook Street shortly before 1 a.m., police said. There, they discovered Linver Ortiz-Ponce, 29, who had been shot. 

Ortiz-Ponce, of Ronkonkoma, was declared dead at the scene. 

Police ask anyone with information about the shooting to call the homicide squad at 631-852-6392 or call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS. 

By Craig Schneider and Brinley Hineman

Craig Schneider is a Long Island native and Stony Brook University alumnus. He joined Newsday as a general assignment reporter in January 2018 after 20 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Brinley Hineman covers the Town of Islip for Newsday. She previously was a reporter in Nashville, Tennessee.

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