Long Island Quadruple Homicide: 4 Young Men Dead; MS-13 Suspected Culprits

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — The brutal international gang MS-13 is presumed to be behind a quadruple homicide that has left four young men dead.

Suffolk Police responded to Central Islip Recreation Village Park on Clayton Street in Central Islip, across the street from an elementary school, at about 8 p.m. Wednesday and found the bodies of four males.

The identities of the victims, who were 16, 18, 18 and 20 years-old, are not being released pending positive identification, police said.

George Tigre and Justin Llivicura, however, are believed to be two of the victims, according to a report in the New York Post.

Relatives of both teens were at the scene on Thursday morning, according to multiple sources.

Tigre's brother, 21-year-old William, told the Post that his brother went missing when he went out with two friends, one of whom was an alleged MS-13 gang member, Alex Ruiz.

Both teens, who were students at Bellport High School, were believed to be in the park with at least three other people, according to a report by PIX 11.

Police have determined that the victims were killed in one incident which occurred within the past few days, and they each suffered significant trauma with a sharp-edged instrument.

“The Suffolk County Police Department is doing everything in our power to solve these murders. It’s all hands on deck,” Suffolk County Police Commissioner Timothy D. Sini said. “We are working closely with the FBI to solve these homicides.”

Anyone with information on the murders is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. Crime Stoppers is offering a fast cash reward of $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest. The cash will be rewarded within 72 hours of the arrest.

The bodies were found just a few miles from where police say MS-13 gang members killed numerous people, including Brentwood High School students Nisa Mickens and Kayla Cuevas last year. Thirteen MS-13 members have been charged in connection to seven murders in Brentwood over the past several years.

Police said that the manner in which the four were killed is consistent with methods used by MS-13.

"The manner in which they were killed is consistent with the modus operandi of MS-13," Sini said.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said he was "outraged" to learn of the homicides.

"These heinous acts will not go unpunished and our communities will not be intimidated by such cowardly violence," he said in a statement. "I have full confidence that the outstanding men and women of the Suffolk County Police Department under the leadership of Commissioner Tim Sini and Chief Stuart Cameron will do what is necessary to apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice. On behalf of all Suffolk County residents, my thoughts and prayers are with the victims’ families, friends, and loved ones during this difficult period.”

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