Crime & Safety
Christmas Morning Shooting In North Sea Was 'Targeted': Police
The early morning shooting that left a North Sea man dead was not a random act, police say.
NORTH SEA, NY — A shooting that left a man dead in his home on Christmas morning is believed to have been targeted, police said.
Suffolk County Police said the incident was a burglary, not a home invasion, as first reported — and that it was targeted, and not a random act.
Earlier this week, police identified the man killed as Steven Byrnes.
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According to Suffolk County Police, Byrnes, 53, of Roses Grove Road, was found dead of a gunshot wound in his home at 8:45 a.m. Southampton Town Police responded to a 911 call regarding a burglary at the home and found him, officials said.
Byrnes was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, police said.
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Detectives are asking anyone with information on the shooting to contact the homicide squad at 631-852-6392 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
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