Crime & Safety
Man Arrested For Fatal East Patchogue Shooting: SCPD
The 22-year-old was charged on Tuesday for allegedly shooting and killing a man outside a local home last week, police say.
EAST PATCHOGUE, NY - A Mastic man was arrested on Tuesday in connection to a fatal shootingin East Patchogue last week, according to Suffolk Police.
Following an investigation, 22-year-old Malik Roberts was arrested in Brentwood at 3:47 p.m. for killing Tyrell D. Smith in East Patchogue, police said.
Smith, 25, was found shot to death at a Taylor Avenue on Oct. 21. Roberts was charged with second degree murder.
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He was held overnight at the Third Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Wednesday.
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