ONE DEAD AFTER SHOOTING AT HEMPSTEAD NIGHTCLUB

  

Hempstead police are investigating after a fatal weekend shooting at a nightclub.

The department said in a press release that officers responded just after 1 a.m. Sunday to a shooting call at Braggs Blues Club in the 100 block of Austin Street.

When they arrived, they found a 45-year-old man with an apparent gunshot wound lying in the grass behind the club.  Officers attended to the victim until EMS arrived and transported him via ambulance to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Cypress, where he was later pronounced dead.

Police say a suspect has been identified, but ask anyone with information to contact them at 979-826-3332.