A late-night fight outside La Hookita De Alberto Hookah Lounge on Suffolk Avenue in Central Islip ended in gunfire that killed 40-year-old Jose A. Hernandez of Brentwood. The shooting occurred at about 3:45 a.m. on a Monday in late April 2022. Hernandez was taken to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, where he was pronounced dead.

Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives opened an investigation and asked the public for help.

A separate, unrelated case from 2016 also involved a man named Jose Hernandez who was killed in Brentwood; that earlier case resulted in the conviction and sentencing of Santo Torres. If anyone has information about the 2022 Central Islip shooting or was present that night, please contact the Homicide Squad or Crime Stoppers.