Pair charged in November fatal shooting of Hempstead man, police say
Kyle Colthirst, of Uniondale, and Tariq Pitaud, of West Babylon, are led from police headquarters in Mineola for arraignment in Hempstead Sunday. Credit: James Carbone
Nassau police have arrested and charged two men in connection with the November fatal shooting of a Hempstead man found wounded on a Uniondale street, authorities said.
Kyle Colthirst, 18, of Uniondale, and Tariq Pitaud, 18, of West Babylon, each face charges of second-degree murder, first-degree attempted robbery and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon for the Nov. 10 shooting of Kyle Midtlyng, 24, police said Sunday.
Colthirst pleaded not guilty to the charges during an arraignment Sunday at First District Court in Hempstead and was held at the Nassau jail, according to court documents. Pitaud was also remanded to the jail.
Midtlyng was found with with a gunshot wound Nov. 10 at Alexander Avenue and Lee Road in Uniondale, police said. He was pronounced dead by a Nassau County police medic, authorities said.
Colthirst and Pitaud are both scheduled to be back in court on Tuesday.
Vera Chinese joined Newsday in 2017 after working as an editor for the East End lifestyle publication northforker and a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News.
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