What you should know
- Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a man at a Long Island Railroad train station early Wednesday.
- Yusef Staine, 20, was shot by a man he appeared to be traveling with while aboard a parked westbound train at the Ronkonkoma Long Island Rail Road train station around 1:45 a.m. scheduled to depart for New York Penn Station, according to Suffolk County Police.
- The suspected gunman fled the scene after the shooting. According to authorities, the victim and suspect appear to be acquaintances.
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NEW YORK — Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a man at a Long Island Railroad train station early Wednesday.
Yusef Staine, 20, was shot by a man he appeared to be traveling with while aboard a parked westbound train at the Ronkonkoma Long Island Rail Road train station around 1:45 a.m. scheduled to depart for New York Penn Station, according to Suffolk County Police.
The suspected gunman fled the scene after the shooting.
“The shooter and victim appeared to have been traveling together and appeared to be acquaintances,” said Kevin Beyrer of the Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad.
Staine, of West Babylon, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A taxi driver told our sister network News 4 New York that a dispatcher heard the shots and called 911.
The shooting appears to be an isolated incident and no one else was injured, according to police.
“I would like to emphasize that this is not a random event. No other passengers were in danger. There were only two or three passengers on the train at the time, they were not in danger. This appears to be an isolated event,” Beyrer said.
The police response to the scene was massive with emergency services, aviation and K-9 units responding.
Authorities are asking anyone with information to call the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
The investigation by the Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department is ongoing.
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