Nassau County police have arrested a man in connection to two homicides including the murder of a 19-year-old at McDonald's last year.
A 20-year-old Hempstead man is now charged with gang assault in connection with thePolice believe Valencia Gomez was targeted and that the shooting was likely gang-related.
The incident happened around the time students would have been getting out of school, and some concerned parents whose children go to the nearby Hempstead High School said it's a tradition for students to go to that McDonald's after class. "Our kids walk home from school," parent Unique Redd said. "This is a place that they come get food after school and go home. It should be a safe place. There's too many guns on the street."
Activists and parents said they are fearful it will happen again and want to provide a safe passage in a community where none of the students qualify for busing. Officials also say the suspect is also connected to another fatal shooting in July 2022 where a 21-year-old man was shot to death in Uniondale Avenue Park.
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