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Brooklyn Man Charged With 2020 Massapequa Murder: Police

Police say Thomas Massenburg shot three people last July 4, killing one of them.

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Nassau County police have arrested Thomas Massenburg, of Brooklyn, and charged him with killing 20-year-old Rashawn Cummings last July 4.
Nassau County police have arrested Thomas Massenburg, of Brooklyn, and charged him with killing 20-year-old Rashawn Cummings last July 4. (Nassau County Police Department)

NORTH MASSAPEQUA, NY — Nassau County police have arrested and charged a Brooklyn man for a 2020 shooting that left one person dead and two others injured.

According to police, officers received a call for shots fired on West Drive in North Massapequa at 11:17 p.m. on July 4, 2020. When they arrived, they found three people had been shot.

Rashawn Cummings, 21, of Hempstead, was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other men were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. They were both in stable condition.

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On Wednesday, Nassau County police arrested Thomas Massenburg, 20, of Brooklyn, in connection to the shooting. Massenburg is charged with second-degree murder. He is scheduled to be arraigned later today.

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