<a href="/topics//Nassau_County,_NY">Nassau</a> County's homicide squad is investigating the shooting death Tuesday morning of a Hempstead man, police said. 
 Hempstead police responding to a call for shots fired at 45 Main St. in Hempstead at about 3:28 a.m. found Torrance Maye, 36, in a rear parking lot with a gunshot wound, according to a news release. 
 Maye was taken to <a href="/topics//Nassau_University_Medical_Center">Nassau University Medical Center</a> in <a href="/topics//East_Meadow,_NY">East Meadow</a> where he was pronounced dead at 4:12 a.m. 
 Police did not provide further details. 
 Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers, 800-244-8477. All calls will be kept confidential.

Nassau County's homicide squad is investigating the shooting death Tuesday morning of a Hempstead man, police said. Hempstead police responding to a call for shots fired at 45 Main St. in Hempstead at about 3:28 a.m. found Torrance Maye, 36, in a rear parking lot with a gunshot wound, according to a news release. Maye was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow where he was pronounced dead at 4:12 a.m. Police did not provide further details. Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers, 800-244-8477. All calls will be kept confidential.

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