In the early morning hours of Saturday, September 21, 2024, a card game in a parking lot on Yale Street in Hempstead, New York, ended in deadly violence. Maurice Sinclair Thomas, 39, was shot once in the left side during a verbal argument that escalated. He was found critically injured inside a vehicle after Nassau County Police responded just after 1:00 a.m., and was pronounced dead at 1:37 a.m. at NYU Langone Long Island Hospital.

Authorities say 30-year-old Kane Moore produced a semi-automatic handgun and fled the scene after the shooting. Moore was later located and arrested in Detroit on October 21, 2024, and was extradited to Nassau County on October 31, 2024. He was arraigned and indicted on Murder in the Second Degree and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, pleaded not guilty, and was remanded.

Does anyone in Hempstead have information about the card game that night or saw activity on Yale Street before dawn?