Crime & Safety
Nassau Man Charged With 1st Degree Murder In Shooting: Police
Police say they arrested a man in connection with a shooting in Hempstead that happened in January.
HEMPSTEAD, NY — Nassau County police arrested a Hempstead man and charged him in connection with a murder that occurred there in January.
At 10:55 p.m. on Jan. 30, Hempstead police officers responded to a call for shots fired near the intersection of Peninsula Boulevard and Sewell Street. When they arrived, they found 49-year-old Santos Valeriano Argueta, of Hempstead, lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.
Argueta was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead by doctors.
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On Feb. 9, Nassau County police arrested Deshawn Martin, 25, of Hempstead, in connection with the murder.
Martin is charged with first-degree murder. He is scheduled to be arraigned later today in First District Court in Hempstead.
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