A young man aged 20 was fatally shot aboard a LIRR (Long Island Rail Road) train in Ronkonkoma this morning , who was to depart en route to New York City.
The deceased was identified as Yusef Staine of West Babylon. He was shot around 1: 45 a.m. on a train that was stopped, ready to depart for Manhattan’s Penn Station, he said. an MTA police spokesman. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The gunman fled the scene, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. The authorities did not provide details on the identity of the suspect.
The train trip where the shooting occurred was cancelled, as was another eastbound in Central Islip that was headed to Ronkonkoma. LIRR is the nation’s largest commuter transit system.
MTA Police and Suffolk County Police are conducting a joint investigation into the homicide. The motive for the deadly shooting was not immediately known, and it appears to have been an isolated incident with no other injuries, the New York Post reported.
In and around NYC, gun violence continues to rage in 2022, especially with young attackers and perpetrators. Last week in North Babylon, the same Suffolk county of Long Island, in an apparent drug conflict a teenage driver was shot eight times from another car and then crashed on a highway.