Cops: 1 dead after fight in Brentwood
A 29-year-old man died and another man was left critically injured after a fight outside a Brentwood pool hall Sunday morning, Suffolk police said.
Police received a 911 call reporting a fight outside the Fiesta Pool Hall on Suffolk Avenue about 1:49 a.m. Officers found a 29-year-old man, originally from Guatemala, dead from head trauma caused by blunt force, said Det. Lt. Gerard Pelkofsky of the Homicide Squad.
Another man, Ramiro Garcia, 32, of Central Islip, also suffered blunt force trauma to his head.
Garcia was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore in critical condition, and later transferred to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, officials said.
Police ask anyone with information about this case to contact the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS.
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