Crime

Cops ID man found shot dead in North Sea home Christmas morning

By Brinley Hinemanbrinley.hineman@newsday.com

Suffolk police have identified the man killed in a North Sea fatal shooting on Christmas morning as 53-year-old Steven Byrnes.

Southampton Town police responded to a burglary call at a Roses Grove Road home about 8:45 a.m. where they discovered Byrnes who had been shot, police said in a news release.

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Suffolk police have identified the man killed in a North Sea fatal shooting on Christmas morning as 53-year-old Steven Byrnes.

Southampton Town police responded to a burglary call at a Roses Grove Road home about 8:45 a.m. where they discovered Byrnes who had been shot, police said in a news release.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Suffolk County homicide detectives are investigating

By Brinley Hineman

Brinley Hineman covers the Town of Hempstead and the City of Long Beach for Newsday. She previously was a reporter in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a West Virginia native.