A Freeport man was killed early Saturday morning in Hempstead, according to a statement from the Nassau County Police Department.

At 5:35 a.m. Village of Hempstead police officers answered a 911 call at an apartment building at 45 Jackson Ave., where they found a man in a stairwell bleeding from apparent puncture wounds, Nassau police said. The man was unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel.

Police later identified the victim as Marlon Rivas-Aguilar, 53, of Freeport.

Police said it was unknown who stabbed the man.

The Nassau police Homicide Squad was investigating the incident.

NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses. Credit: Randee Dadonna

Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.

NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses. Credit: Randee Dadonna

Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.

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