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Parolee Shot, Killed Man Sleeping In Car In Hempstead, Jury Finds
A Long Island man out on parole shot and killed a man who had been sleeping in a car, a jury found.
Kadeem Lewis, age 31, of Hempstead, was found guilty of second-degree murder and related charges in Nassau County Court on Thursday, Oct. 31, in the killing of Jose Sanchez-Velasquez.
According to investigators, Lewis and a co-defendant, Richard Ford, were walking around Hempstead looking for a house to burglarize when they spotted Velasquez sleeping in the front seat of his car at around 2:20 a.m. on Nov. 25, 2019.
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