Crime & Safety

Cops Seek Public's Help in Solving Mineola Murder

Oscar Alfredo Ventura Granados was shot in his driveway Sunday night, police say.

Nassau Police seek the public’s help in identifying and locating the man they say shot and killed Oscar Alfredo Ventura Granados in his Mineola driveway Sunday night.

On Sunday, at approximately 9:36 p.m., Granados, also known as “Mineola” and “Alfredo,” was walking on Roslyn Road in Mineola when he was accosted by an unknown man, and fatally shot, police say. The man fled the scene in an unknown direction, according to police.

Crime Stoppers is asking anyone who can identify the subject, or has any information

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about this crime to call the toll free hotline: 1-800-244-TIPS (8477), or any member of

Nassau County Homicide Squad at: 516-573-7788.

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Crime Stoppers offers up $5,000 for information leading up to an arrest, and says people do not need to reveal their identity to help solve this crime.

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