One man dead, another hurt in Freeport shooting, Nassau police say
Two men were found shot, one fatally, Saturday afternoon in a Freeport park, according to the Nassau County Police Department.
Officers found the shooting victims — aged 21 and 19 — at about 4:30 p.m. in Martin Luther King, Jr. Park on Stevens Street following a 911 call, police said.
Both were brought to a hospital, police said Saturday, where the 21-year-old died, and the 19-year-old was in stable condition.
Police on Wednesday identified the 21-year-old as Taffarie Haughton of Freeport.
The "investigation into the incident continues," according to a department news release issued Saturday night about the shooting.
Police did not say whether anyone is a suspect, provide a possible motive or disclose any other details about the case.
Vera Chinese covers Suffolk County government and politics. She joined Newsday in 2017 after working as an editor for the East End lifestyle publication northforker and a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News.
