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With code of silence, Huntington Station stays violent

Crime lab officers carry evidence from a Huntington

Photo credit: James Carbone | Crime lab officers carry evidence from a Huntington Station home's driveway where a man was shot to death. (Aug. 29, 2010)

Joye Brown

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Joye Brown has been a columnist for Newsday since 2006.

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Twenty Suffolk County police officers were patrolling Huntington Station when a young man was shot to death execution-style Tuesday night while celebrating his 25th birthday on Station Avenue.

The police were in six sector cars, plus community outreach officers, and the gang unit. There also was a supervising sergeant, according to police.

Yet, none of that could stop a group of young...

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