Crime & Safety
Man Killed In East Patchogue Shooting
The 52-year-old man was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound early Thursday.
PATCHOGUE, NY — A Hempstead man was killed in a shooting in East Patchogue early Thursday morning, according to Suffolk police.
Officers responded to a 911 call of a man injured in the courtyard of Maple Tree Apartments, on Maple Avenue, at 3:05 a.m. Upon arrival, officers found 52-year-old Earle Foster with an apparent gunshot wound.
Foster was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Homicide Squad detectives at 631-852-6392 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
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