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A 911 call placed around 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 6 reported that a person had been shot on Jackson Street in Hempstead.
Nassau County Police say that an investigation determined that after a verbal dispute, Cleefton Balan, age 20, became agitated and did brandish a handgun, and fired several shots inside his residence, striking a 71-year-old man in his arm.
The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. T
Balan fled the scene in a black-colored Infinity with two white-colored passenger doors with a Pennsylvania registration.
On Friday, July 9, detectives located the Balan in front of a home on Lessing Place in Freeport and placed him under arrest without incident.
Balan was charged with:
- Second-degree attempted murder,
- Three counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon,
- First-degree criminal use of a firearm
He was arraigned on Saturday, July 10 in First District Court in Hempstead.
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