LI CRIME BRIEFS

HEMPSTEAD/Shooting victim identified

Nassau police Monday identified the victim of a fatal shooting in a Hempstead fast-food restaurant parking lot on April 16 as a 35-year-old Hempstead man.

Michael Prophet was killed in the shooting at 11:15 p.m. on 340 Peninsula Blvd., police said in a news release. Police are still investigating the motive.

Prophet was pronounced dead at the scene, while two others, who have not been identified, suffered injuries from the shots and were taken to local hospitals.

Investigators say they don't have a description of who shot the men. Anyone with more information on the shootings should contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 800-244-TIPS.

-- Kristen Calvano and Jennifer Barrios

PATCHOGUE/Arrest in bouncer's stabbing

A man was under arrest Monday after police said he stabbed a bouncer in the back outside a bar in Patchogue. The bouncer suffered what police called "non-life-threatening" injuries.

The incident happened at 2:50 a.m. outside Pueblo Viejo on East Main Street, Suffolk County police said.

Police said the bouncer, identified as Hadyetou Diaby, 27, escorted "an intoxicated man" out of the bar -- but the man's friend, identified by police as Marcelino Benavides-Bonilla, 50, of West 1st Street, Patchogue, then stabbed him.

Diaby was taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital in East Patchogue. His condition was unknown, but police said his injuries were not considered life-threatening.

Benavides-Bonilla was charged with second-degree assault. He was scheduled for arraignment Monday in First District Court in Central Islip.

-- John Valenti