A Roosevelt teenager died early Thursday, eight hours after he was shot while sitting in a car at a Hempstead gas station, Nassau police said.

James McClenic, 19, was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow after he sustained a gunshot wound to the throat, police said. He was pronounced dead at 2:20 a.m.

McClenic was sitting in a car with two others at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday at Citgo Gas, 711 Fulton Ave., when a man approached and fired a weapon, hitting the victim, police said.

The incident was initially characterized as a robbery and police had said the victim was an attendant.

Detectives urge anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will be kept anonymous.

On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," Newsday's Gregg Sarra takes a look at the football awards given out in Nassau and Suffolk,  plus Jared Valluzzi and Jonathan Ruban with the plays of the year. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost, Michael A. Rupolo

Sarra Sounds Off, Ep. 14: LI football awards On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," Newsday's Gregg Sarra takes a look at the football awards given out in Nassau and Suffolk, plus Jared Valluzzi and Jonathan Ruban with the plays of the year.

On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," Newsday's Gregg Sarra takes a look at the football awards given out in Nassau and Suffolk,  plus Jared Valluzzi and Jonathan Ruban with the plays of the year. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost, Michael A. Rupolo

Sarra Sounds Off, Ep. 14: LI football awards On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," Newsday's Gregg Sarra takes a look at the football awards given out in Nassau and Suffolk, plus Jared Valluzzi and Jonathan Ruban with the plays of the year.

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