Cops: Suspect in Hempstead man's shooting death arrested
Keon O. Williams, 37, of Rockville Centre man has been arrested in the shooting death of a Hempstead man three weeks ago, Nassau County police said. Nassau County police said they located the suspect in East Garden City and charged him with second-degree murder. (May 4, 2013) Credit: NCPD
A Rockville Centre man has been arrested in the shooting death of a Hempstead man three weeks ago, police said.
Police said Tyree Sheppard, 34, was found wounded, lying on the sidewalk on Burnett Street in Hempstead, shortly before 4 p.m. on April 14.
The resident who found him flagged down a Hempstead police officer. Sheppard was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead minutes later, police said.
Further details about the shooting were not immediately available.
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