Crime & Safety
Long Island Man Killed In NYC Shooting
The NYPD says 24-year-old Jabeon Bivins was shot in the head in killed in front of a housing project in Far Rockaway.
FAR ROCKAWAY, NY — A Hempstead man was shot to death in Queens on Monday, the New York City Police Department said.
According to the NYPD, around 6:20 p.m. Monday, two men opened fire in front of a housing development at 12-50 Redfern Ave. in Far Rockaway. They hit 24-year-old Jabeon Bivins in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic.
Police released video of the shooting, which showed two men — one in a gray hoodie and shorts and another in a red hoodie and pants — opening fire and fleeing from the scene.
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Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All callers will be kept anonymous.
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