Cops: Shooter visited his victim at hospital
Photo credit: NCPD | Gabriel Tavares, 18, of Freeport, was arrested by Nassau County police on New Year's Day in connection with a shooting that occurred on Dec. 12, 2012, police said. (Jan. 1, 2013)
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Police nabbed a fugitive teen gang member from Freeport after he showed up at the hospital on New Year's Day to visit the convalescing rival he'd shot, authorities said Wednesday.
The arrest of Gabriel Tavares, 18, of Smith Street, came at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, nearly three weeks after the Dec. 12 shooting, which left the victim, 17, with thigh and leg wounds, according...
