A Long Island father of two was fatally shot in a targeted attack at a park — as a hospital was forced into a lockdown when a fight broke out between the victim’s friend and police.
Lonnie Booker, 43, was shot in the chest at Robert Rowley Park in North Bellport around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Booker was rushed to NYU Langone-Suffolk in East Patchogue, three miles away from the shooting, where he was pronounced dead.
Suffolk Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina said that Booker and his killer knew each other and that surveillance cameras captured the suspect fleeing the scene in a red sedan.
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