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Marcelo Argueta Chicas

Case from Islip, NY dated Jan 17, 2016

Victim Details

Marcelo Argueta Chicas

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Islip

NY

2016-01-17

44

Marcelo

Argueta Chicas

07/11/2026

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In the early hours of a January morning in 2016, the quiet of a North Bay Shore neighborhood was broken by the sound of gunfire, a sound that signaled the violent end of a life. Responding to an alert from a gunshot detection system, Suffolk County police officers arrived at the scene to find the body of Marcelo Argueta Chicas. He was 44 years old and had been shot once. Emergency services were unable to save him, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A resident of the nearby hamlet of ...
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  • NBC New York: Gunfire Detector Leads Cops to Body on Long Island
  • Man, 44, Found Fatally Shot In North Bay Shore, Long Island
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