Man Fatally Shot While Sitting Inside Vehicle On Residential Suffolk Street

An investigation is underway after a fatal shooting overnight on a residential Long Island street.

Schenectady Avenue, just south of Essex Street in West Babylon.
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05/31/2021 8:00 a.m.

It happened around 11:15 p.m. Sunday, May 30 in West Babylon.

Daniel Smith, age 32, of Roosevelt, sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle on Schenectady Avenue, just south of Essex Street, when he was struck by multiple gunshots fired from outside the vehicle, Suffolk County Police said.

The shooter fled on foot before officers arrived at the scene, police said.

Smith was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Homicide Squad Detectives at 631-852-6394 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

All calls will remain confidential.

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