Who was Sean Mills, 19-Year-Old Killed in Bay Shore Party Shooting?

Sean Mills was a 19-year-old kid shot and killed by an unknown assailant during a party on Bay Shore, Long Island on Friday.

The party came off around 9 p.m on Friday, March 23rd 2024 at 1320 Ackerson Blvd. with approximately 50 people.

Neighbors told News 12 that the homeowner runs a day care out of the property and was having a farewell party to celebrate it being sold however, the party turned violent.

A shooting broke out and Sean Mills was fatally struck in the head. Another teen, a 17-year-old girl, was injured in the attack.

Sean Mills was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The injured teen was treated at a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening.

“It was loud enough, I looked outside my window,” a neighbor told Long Island News 12 about the shooting.

“They were all together running, and they were screaming.”

Who was Sean Mills of Bay Shore, Long Island?

According to his family, Sean Mills had big dreams – his room filled with past accomplishments and future goals.

One of his older brothers, James Mills, says he was well on his way.

“What he really wanted to do was become, you know, a fighter because he was good at fighting at that’s what he wanted to do. Like he was training in MMA,” he said.

James said his brother had been receiving some threats on social media and had only gone to the party because a flyer promoting it specifically stated that no weapons would be allowed.

“I don’t know how people like that are still walking around doing all these heinous, crazy acts,” his brother, James said.

He added a warning about attending house parties.

“If it’s a house party, don’t be going to no house party, because a lot of people that don’t like you would be there…there’s like all types people, you got no idea who they are, no clue who they are,” he added.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Suffolk County Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-220-TIPS.

Police are yet to make any arrests in the case.

Bay Shore

Bay Shore is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Islip, New York, United States.

It is situated on the South Shore of Long Island, adjoining the Great South Bay. The population of the CDP was 29,244 at the time of the 2020 census.

Bay Shore is one of the older hamlets on Long Island. Sagtikos Manor, located in West Bay Shore, was built around 1697.

It was used as a British armed forces headquarters, at the time of the Battle of Long Island during the Revolutionary War.

President Washington stayed at the Sagtikos Manor during his tour of Long Island in 1790.

The land that would become Bay Shore proper was purchased from the Secatogue Native Americans in 1708 by local school teacher John Mowbray for “several eel spears”.

The hamlet’s name has changed over time: Early European settlers referred to the area first as Penataquit and later as Awixa; both were names used by the indigenous Secatogue. For reasons never documented, the name was changed in the early 19th century to Sodom.

In 1842 there was a further name change to Mechanicsville, then a return in 1849 to Penataquit.

The name Penataquit proved unpopular because it was difficult to spell, and the name of the hamlet and post office was changed to Bay Shore in 1868

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