Two charged in Est Patchogue killing, cops say
Two Mastic men were arrested Monday and charged with murder in connection with an August slaying of a man in East Patchogue, Suffolk County police said.
Brooke Jackson, 41, and Umar A. El-Quhir Sr., 43, who both live at the same Clinton Avenue residence in Mastic, each face a second-degree murder charge, police said in a statement.
Police said Jackson and El-Quhir Sr. are responsible for the death of Earle Foster, 52, of Hempstead. Police said about 3 a.m. on Aug. 20. officers responded to a 911 call of a man injured in the courtyard of the Maple Tree Apartments on Maple Avenue in East Patchogue. Responding officers found Foster wounded from a gunshot wound, police said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, cops said.
When asked Monday what, if any, relationship existed between the defendants and Foster was, a department spokeswoman said the three men were acquaintances.
Jackson will be held at the Fourth Precinct while El-Quhir Sr. would be held overnight at the Fifth Precinct, police said. They are both expected to be arraigned Tuesday in First District Court in Central Islip, officials said.
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