Daniel Decosta, 34, of Coram, New York, was found shot to death in the snow in the early morning of January 29, 2022, on Flower Road near Neighborhood Road in Shirley. Suffolk County police responded to a 911 call at about 12:35 a.m.; a physician assistant from the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office pronounced him dead at the scene. The Homicide Squad classified the investigation as a homicide and led the response.

A blizzard at the time complicated the initial investigation. Despite public appeals and requests for tips to the Homicide Squad or Crime Stoppers, no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. The shooting was one of several incidents on Long Island in a short period that raised local concern about violent crime.

Did anyone in the Shirley or Coram area see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?