Crime & Safety

Updated: Four Shot, One Fatally at Medford Business

Taleik Bristel, 19, of Patchogue, is killed in shooting.

A Patchogue man was killed and three others injured in a shooting in Medford early Christmas morning.

According to police, Sixth Precinct officers responded to a 911 call after a caller reported that masked men had entered Whitestar MTR, located at 33B Cedarhurst Ave., demanded money and shot four people at 3:30 a.m.

Three of the victims were taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. A fourth victim, Taleik Bristel, 19, of Patchogue, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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The investigation is continuing and police are asking anyone with information on the shooting to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS or call the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392.

Story originally published Dec. 25. Updated Dec. 26 at 12:44 a.m. as Suffolk County Police have sent out a correction for the name of the business involved in the incident.

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