Crime & Safety

Police ID Man Found Shot Dead In Commercial Town Car

Officers found the man with a gunshot wound to the head after responding to a 911 call for a crash, police say.

Update:

WYANDANCH, NY - Suffolk Police have identified the man found murdered in Wyandanch on Wednesday night as Hugh James, of Deer Park.

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WYANDANCH, NY - Suffolk Police are investigating the murder of a man in a commercial town car in Wyandanch Wednesday night.

Officers responded to Lake Drive after a 911 caller reported hearing a crash at 6:45 p.m.

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When officers arrived they found an adult male in the driver’s seat with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head.

The victim, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on this incident to call the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.

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