Crime & Safety
Suffolk Woman Found Dead, Fatally Shot, Inside Apartment: Police
The woman was found inside her home with a gunshot wound, police say.
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — A Central Islip woman was found fatally shot inside her home on Monday, Suffolk County Police said.
At about 9:41 p.m., a family member reported finding Shayna Staton dead inside her Hawthorne Avenue apartment, police said.
Staton, 39, suffered a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
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