Carlos Ventura-Zelaya homicide: Cops ask for public’s help

Crime Stoppers and the Nassau County Police Homicide Squad are... — Crime Stoppers and the Nassau County Police Homicide Squad are seeking the public's help in solving the homicide of Carlos Ventura-Zelaya in Roosevelt on Oct. 14, 2016. Credit:

By Joan Grallajoan.gralla@newsday.com JoanGrallaOctober 18, 2016

Nassau police on Tuesday were seeking the public’s help in solving the homicide of Carlos Ventura-Zelaya, 24, in Roosevelt.

The victim was shot in front of a house at Hudson Avenue near Nassau Road at about 10:15 p.m. Friday.

Police have said they do not know why Ventura-Zelaya was at that location, and residents have said gunshots are an unfamiliar sound on the normally quiet block.

The hotline telephone number for Crime Stoppers is 800-244-TIPS (8477), and all calls are anonymous.

Alternatively, anyone with information about the killing can contact Detective Pescitelli or any member of the Nassau County Homicide Squad at 516-573-7788.

By Joan Gralla and Ted Phillips

joan.gralla@newsday.com JoanGralla

Joan Gralla is a general assignment reporter who also covers parks, flood control and Holocaust restitution. She's a former Reuters correspondent who covered politics, economics and markets.

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