Cops: Shooting in Hempstead leaves one man dead; search on for killer
A man was shot and killed in Hempstead on Saturday afternoon and a search is on for the shooter, Nassau County police said.
Hempstead police received a report of a wounded man near the intersection of West Graham Avenue and Peninsula Boulevard who was described as unresponsive. Officers responded and initiated lifesaving measures to the man, who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, police said.
He was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, detectives said.
The name of the victim was not released by police.
Detectives from the Nassau police homicide squad were investigating the shooting.
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