Suffolk County Police have arrested a Yonkers man for shooting a man to death on a Long Island Rail Road train last year.
The Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad and Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department conducted an investigation into the fatal shooting of a man that occurred at the Ronkonkoma train station on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at approximately 1:45 a.m.
Yusef Staine, 20, was shot by a man he appeared to be traveling with while he was onboard a westbound train parked at the Ronkonkoma Long Island Rail Road Station at approximately 1:45 a.m. The man fled the scene following the shooting.
Homicide Squad detectives charged Nicholas D’Agostino, 20, of 246 South Broadway Apt. 2C, with Murder 2nd Degree. D’Agostino was held overnight at the Yaphank Correctional Facility and will be arraigned at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead on Friday, May 19.
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