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Man Fires Gun Inside Riverhead Business Before 3-Hour Standoff, Police Say Man Fires Gun Inside Riverhead Business Before 3-Hour Standoff, Police Say
Man Fires Gun Inside Riverhead Business Before 3-Hour Standoff, Police Say A man allegedly opened fire inside a Long Island business before engaging in a three-hour standoff with police. Emergency crews in Riverhead were called at around 3:50 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, for a man shooting a gun inside the Cross Island Concrete Corporation, located on Kroemer Avenue. Multiple agencies, including the Riverhead, Suffolk County, and Southold police departments responded and cordoned off the area surrounding the business. A K-9 unit and hostage negotiator were also brought in, according to Riverhead Police. Shortly before 7 p.m., police arrested the suspect, 43-year-old …

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Man Kills Himself Inside Lake Ronkonkoma Home After Shooting At Officers, Police Say Man Kills Himself Inside Lake Ronkonkoma Home After Shooting At Officers, Police Say
Man Kills Himself Inside Lake Ronkonkoma Home After Shooting At Officers, Police Say A man is dead after police say he shot at officers and then killed himself at his Long Island home. The incident happened just before 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20 in Lake Ronkonkoma. The officers responded to a 911 call reporting an intoxicated and suicidal man with a handgun inside a home, located at 26 Wiggins St., according to Suffolk County Police. Shortly after police arrival, Pedro Laureano, age 55, a resident of the home, exited the house and exchanged gunfire with an officer, said police.  Laureano then retreated and barricaded himself in the home. A short while later…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
3-Year-Old Girl Hurt, Suspect Dead After Police Standoff In Ridge 3-Year-Old Girl Hurt, Suspect Dead After Police Standoff In Ridge
3-Year-Old Girl Hurt, Suspect Dead After Police Standoff In Ridge A young girl is seriously injured and a suspect is dead after an overnight police standoff on Long Island. Suffolk County Police Homicide detectives went to a residence in Ridge on Tuesday, Aug. 22 to investigate a murder that had occurred in Central Islip in June, when authorities say the suspect fired a handgun at them, seriously injuring a child, before shooting and killing himself. Following up on a murder that had occurred at 117 Hawthorne Ave. on Wednesday, June 19, homicide detectives arrived at 6B Ticonderoga Court, at approximately 8:30 p.m.  While in…

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by Joe Lombardi