Theodore Squires

Theodore “Ted” Squires was a 39-year-old man at home in Riverhead, New York, on the night of December 7, 1988, when a small, ordinary sound—a knock at the kitchen door—turned the room into a trap. He noticed the outside light was off even though he’d left it on, and the unease hit him fast enough that he killed the light over the sink and started to move away from the window. A shotgun blast smashed through from outside, tearing into his upper back and dropping him to the floor, sudden ...

On Long Island, Four Shootings but No Motive - The New York Times

4 Shootings in 4 Nights Terrify L.I. Town - The New York Times