Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the shooting death of a man that occurred in Central Islip early this morning.
Third Precinct police officers found a man dead in the street on Suffolk Avenue, near Church Street, at approximately 12:55 a.m. It was determined that the man, Michael Evans, 54, who is homeless, had been shot.
Evans was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.
Anyone with information on the death of Evans, who also uses Malik as a first name, is asked to call Homicide Squad detectives at 631-852-6392 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
Authority: Geraldine Hart, Commissioner
Suffolk County Police Department 18-689511
