A man was shot and killed in Hempstead on Saturday afternoon and a search is on for the shooter, Nassau County police said.

Hempstead police received a report of a wounded man near the intersection of West Graham Avenue and Peninsula Boulevard who was described as unresponsive. Officers responded and initiated lifesaving measures to the man, who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, police said.

He was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, detectives said.

The name of the victim was not released by police.

Detectives from the Nassau police homicide squad were investigating the shooting.

NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa sat down with Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. to discuss what it was like holding the Gilgo Beach serial killer in custody, Heuermann's penchant for Jack the Ripper and what his future likely looks like in state prison. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost; File Footage; Photo Credit: Newsday / James Carbone; AP Photo/File, AP / Richard Drew, Akira Suemori, Don Ryan

'They have plenty of time to get him if they want to' NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa sat down with Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. to discuss what it was like holding the Gilgo Beach serial killer in custody, Heuermann's penchant for Jack the Ripper and what his future likely looks like in state prison.

NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa sat down with Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. to discuss what it was like holding the Gilgo Beach serial killer in custody, Heuermann's penchant for Jack the Ripper and what his future likely looks like in state prison. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost; File Footage; Photo Credit: Newsday / James Carbone; AP Photo/File, AP / Richard Drew, Akira Suemori, Don Ryan

'They have plenty of time to get him if they want to' NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa sat down with Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. to discuss what it was like holding the Gilgo Beach serial killer in custody, Heuermann's penchant for Jack the Ripper and what his future likely looks like in state prison.

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