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ID Released For Victim In Fatal Overnight Suffolk Shooting
The victim of a fatal overnight shooting on Long Island has been identified.
It happened on Saturday, Dec. 28 at approximately 2:50 a.m. in Wheatley Heights.
First Precinct officers responded to Little East Neck Road, between Charlestown Place and Westmore Place, after a 911 caller reported a man lying on the side of the road, Suffolk County Police said.
When officers arrived, they found the man, now ID'd as Frederick Delacruz, 30, of the Bronx, with a gunshot wound, police said. He was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he was pronounced dead.&n…
