Cops: Man charged with murder in Old Bethpage park shooting
Brandon P. Torres of Staten Island was arrested Monday and charged in connection with the death Saturday of Stefon Pierre, 22, of Queens, police said. Credit: NCPD
A Staten Island man was arrested Monday and charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting Saturday of a man in an Old Bethpage park, Nassau police said.
Brandon P. Torres, 22, of John Street, is expected to be arraigned Tuesday on charges of second-degree murder, first-degree robbery and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in the death of Stefon Pierre, 22, of Queens.
Pierre was shot once in the stomach while he was in Haypath Road Park and was declared dead at a hospital, police said. Previously, police gave an incorrect location for Pierre's home address.
Police said they received a 911 call for help at 11:24 p.m. Other details were not released early Tuesday.
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