THAT IS WHERE WE BEGIN.
I’M CHUCK SCARBOROUGH.
NATALIE PASQUARELLA HAS THE
NIGHT OFF.
POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS KILLED
STEPS FROM THE ENTRANCE OF McDONALD’S IN HEMPSTEAD.
CRIME SCENE TAPE SURROUNDS THE
RESTAURANT WHERE THE DEADLY SHOT
WAS FIRED LESS THAN TWO HOURS
AGO.
NEWS 4’S PEI-SZE CHENG IS LIVE
IN HEMPSTEAD WITH THE LATEST ON
THE INVESTIGATION.
>> Reporter: YES, CHUCK.
THIS HAPPENED AROUND 4:30 THIS
AFTERNOON.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS PARKING
LOT.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW THERE IS QUITE THE POLICE PERIMETER.
WE HAVE HEMPSTEAD POLICE AS WELL
AS NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DETECTIVES.
THE BODY IS STILL OUTSIDE IN
FRONT BY THE FRONT DOOR OF THE
McDONALD’S.
WE ARE GETTING VERY LITTLE
INFORMATION RIGHT NOW OTHER THAN
THE FACT THAT THERE IS ONE
FATALITY.
VARIOUS WITNESSES HAVE TOLD US
THAT THEY HEARD SEVERAL SHOTS AS
MANY AS SIX ACCORDING TO ONE
WITNESS.
HERE IS WHAT SOMEONE TOLD US WHO WORKS NEAR THE McDONALD’S.
>> GUNSHOTS.
THAT’S IT.
WE CALL THE COPS.
THEY CAME HERE.
>> WE ARE IN A SCHOOL AREA.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS AROUND THE
AREA.
PROSPECT SCHOOL.
HIGH SCHOOL HERE.
MOST OF THE KIDS COME AND HAVE
DRINKS AND EVERYTHING HERE AFTER
SCHOOL, WHICH SHOULD BE NORMAL.
YOU KNOW? AND NOW THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED,
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE NORMAL FOR
THEM ANYMORE.
>> Reporter: THAT IS THE CONCERN
THAT IT WAS A YOUNG PERSON WHOSE
LIFE ENDED RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS
McDONALD’S.
ACCORDING TO A WITNESS WHO SPOKE
TO US OFF CAMERA, SHE HEARD THE
GUNSHOT. SHE CAME OVER TO THE McDONALD’S
TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
AND SAID SHE SAW A TEENAGE BOY
ON THE GROUND WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR
CONFIRMATION FROM POLICE ABOUT
CERTAIN DETAILS AND THEY ARE
ABOUT TO BRIEF US.
WHEN WE GET ANY MORE INFORMATION
WE WILL BRING IT STRAIGHT TO
YOU.
FOR NOW WE ARE LIVE FROM