Officers responded to a call of shots fire on West Hills Road and Eighth Avenue around midnight in Huntington Station. When they arrived, they found 33-year-old Jazzmen Bryant, of Roosevelt, in a car with a gunshot wound to the torso.
Bryant was rushed to Huntington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Two people were seen running from the area.
Police and K-9 units were canvassing the area, which was blocked off.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or anonymously to Suffolk County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.