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No arrests in Huntington Station birthday killing

Quick ReadA man was killed and his father and two other men were wounded Tuesday in a gathering outside a Huntington Station home, police said.

Police block off Railroad Street in Huntington Station,

Photo credit: James Carbone | Police block off Railroad Street in Huntington Station, the day after Russell Peterman Jr., 25, was fatally shot in the head on his birthday. (Sept. 8, 2010)

A 25-year-old man was shot to death on his birthday as he talked with his father and two cousins on the stoop of a Huntington Station home, Suffolk police said.

Russell Peterman Jr. was pronounced dead after being shot once in the head just before 11 p.m. Tuesday on Railroad Street near Kilburn Avenue, where about 10 men had gathered to drink beer and smoke. Police have made no arrests.

Peterman's...

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