Nassau police: Woman fatally stabbed outside West Hempstead restaurant

Detectives say officers responded to a 911 call for a stabbing in the rear of La Candela Restaurant on Hempstead Turnpike just after midnight.

Roberto Torres

Sep 29, 2024, 9:24 PM

Updated 6 days ago

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Nassau police say a woman was fatally stabbed overnight outside of a restaurant in West Hempstead.
Detectives say officers responded to a 911 call for a stabbing in the rear of La Candela Restaurant on Hempstead Turnpike just after midnight.
The officers found the 52-year-old woman with multiple stab wounds and a 50-year-old man with a laceration on his hand, according to police.
Both were taken to the hospital where the woman was later pronounced dead shotly before 4 a.m.
The man was treated and released.
It was not immediately clear what led to the stabbing or if there were any arrests made as of Sunday evening.