Man fatally stabbed in Hempstead, Nassau police say
Nassau police investigate the scene of a fatal stabbing in Hempstead on Saturday. Credit: Jim Staubitser
A man was fatally stabbed in Hempstead early Saturday morning, Nassau County police said.
The 24-year-old man was found critically injured with a knife wound to his chest just before 2 a.m. lying in the road on Chamberlain Street near Boylston Street, police said.
Paramedics took the man by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:21 a.m., authorities said.
Police have not identified any suspects.
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John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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