Crime & Safety

Driver Intentionally Mowed Down Man After Parking Lot Fight: Cops

One man is dead and another is charged with manslaughter.

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UPDATE 8:45 a.m. Sunday – Police say the driver of the vehicle that struck Kawon Williams was 41-year-old Shatik Canady, of West Babylon. Canady intentionally ran over Williams, police said. Canady is charged with first degree manslaughter.

LINDENHURST, NY – A 28-year-old man was killed by a hit-and-run driver following a fight in a Long Island bar parking lot Saturday morning, police said.

Kawon Williams was involved in a fight in the rear parking lot of BrewHaus Pub located at 111 N. Wellwood Ave. and after the fight, he was struck by a vehicle that fled at 4:52 a.m.

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Williams, 28, of Wyandanch, was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he was pronounced dead. No arrests have been made.

Detectives are asking anyone with information to call anonymously to the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

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