Police ID man found stabbed in Hempstead

A man stabbed to death late Sunday night in Hempstead has been identified by police as a teen from Westbury.

The victim is Junior Acosta, 18, Nassau County police said Tuesday.

Hempstead police officers responding to a disturbance on Thorne Avenue in Hempstead found Acosta fatally wounded Sunday at 11:23 p.m. He was taken to Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, were he was pronounced dead at 11:58 p.m.

Police have not made any arrests in the case.