On the evening of April 2, 2024, 35-year-old Jorge Vazquez, a Hispanic man from Tampa, Florida, was found with multiple gunshot wounds outside the Extended Stay America on South Oyster Bay Road in Bethpage, New York. Nassau County officers responded to a shooting call at about 9:41 p.m.; paramedics pronounced Vazquez dead at the scene. Investigators treated the incident as a targeted attack and offered a cash reward for information leading to an arrest.

Family members made public pleas for justice and a fundraising campaign was set up to help with funeral costs and transporting his body back to Florida. A possible motive has not been disclosed, nor has it been stated whether the shooter or shooters knew Vazquez.

If anyone saw activity around the hotel that evening or has information about Vazquez’s movements in Bethpage on April 2, please come forward.