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Community Honors Emily Finn With Tributes and Scholarship as Suspect Remains Hospitalized Pending Arraignment

Police say a second-degree murder charge awaits when the teen suspect is fit for arraignment.

Overview

  • The 18-year-old SUNY Oneonta freshman and accomplished dancer was fatally shot in her ex-boyfriend’s Nesconset home, according to Suffolk County police.
  • Funeral and wake services drew large crowds wearing pink, and American Ballet Studio plans to dedicate this year’s Nutcracker performances in her honor.
  • The Youth Peace & Justice Foundation will help fund an annual scholarship at the Bayport studio and plant a memorial tree in Finger Lakes National Forest.
  • Police say the accused shooter survived a self-inflicted gunshot and remains hospitalized, with arraignment to follow on an expected second-degree murder charge.
  • A fundraiser for Finn’s family reached about $85,000, and reporting on the suspect’s identity varies as police have not released a name because he was a minor.