Crime & Safety
Lindenhurst Vape Shop Owner Killed Inside Business: PD
Dapper Smoke Shop owner Kinshuk Patel, 33, was found injured at his business Wednesday and later died.
LINDENHURST, NY — A Long Island vape shop owner was killed inside his business Wednesday night, according to Suffolk police.
A family member of Kinshuk Patel, the owner of Dapper Smoke Shop at 411 40th St. in Lindenhurst, couldn't reach him and called police around 9:40 p.m., police said. Officers found him injured inside the shop.
The 33-year-old Babylon man, the father of a 4-year-old and 5-month-old according to ABC 7, was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, where he was pronounced dead.
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No arrests have been made as of Thursday night.
Detectives asked anyone with information on the case to call the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
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