A good Samaritan discovered an unresponsive male surfer on Sunday afternoon, January 19. Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau responded to the call at approximately 2:20 p.m., and he was pulled to shore. Officers performed CPR and then arranged ambulance transport of the individual to Good Samaritan University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The surfer has been identified as Jack Shapiro, age 54. He had been a resident of Holbrook. Shapiro’s exact cause of death is still to be determined by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office.
SCPD detectives are asking anyone with information on this incident to contact the Homicide Squad at 631-852- 6392.
