Police say two fatal late night shootings took
place in Suffolk County.
Authorities
say man was fatally shot outside a home in West Babylon Saturday evening.
They say 29-year-old Danie Philistin, of New Jersey,
was shot and killed shortly after 11:30 pm. outside of a house on Gordon
Avenue.
Neighbor Chanell Smiley says DJ music at a
house party on Gordon Avenue started blaring at 5 p.m. Hours later, gunshots
rang out in front of the house.
Investigators used metal detectors to try to
find shell casings and went door-to-door to gather information from neighbors.
Police say another shooting took place in
Amityville just before 3 a.m. Sunday. They say 41-year-old Maresse Stevenson, of Amityville, was shot and
killed in the backyard of 3311 Great Neck Road.
Stevenson was pronounced dead at the scene.
This was the third shooting in the neighborhood in July.
Police ask anyone with information about either
incidents to call Suffolk Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.