Teemer pleads guilty in March 2022 shooting

A Long Beach resident pleaded guilty June 14 for the March 2022 shooting death of an Uber driver in the city, and separately for a hit-and-run that occurred in September 2021 that left a 73-year-old woman seriously injured.

Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced Shaun Teemer, 24, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon, as well as leaving the scene of an incident and tampering with physical evidence. Teemer is expected to be sentenced to 20 years to life in prison when he returns to court August 2. 

“Shaun Teemer is an extraordinarily violent defendant who has consistently broken the law,” Donnelly said in a release. “Humberto Manual Francis-Hernandez was an innocent cab driver working in the early morning hours when this defendant shot him in the head and arm and left him for dead. Sadly, the 37-year-old man passed away a few days later and left countless friends and family to mourn him.”

Donnelly said that on March 19 last year, the Long Beach Police Department received a call for shots fired at 425 East Broadway.

As police approached the front door, they found Francis-Hernandez with gunshot wounds to the head and arm. He was taken to Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in serious condition and went directly into surgery. He died March 23.  

Teemer was arrested by members of the Nassau County Police Department’s Homicide Squad and the Long Beach Police Department on June 13 last year in Long Beach

For the other charge, Donnelly said that Teemer was operating a rented 2020 Jeep Compass on East Park Avenue when he hit a 73-year-old woman crossing the street. Teemer allegedly continued driving after he hit her and did not stop. 

The victim suffered a large laceration to her forehead and a compound fracture to her leg. She was brought to Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital where she subsequently required surgery. 

Teemer was arrested for this incident by the Long Beach Police Department on September 7, 2021, which the department announced at a news conference in Kennedy Plaza.

Walsh thanked the Nassau County Homicide Squad and Police Department for bringing the “investigation to a successful conclusion” at the news conference announcing the arrest. He also said he wants residents to know they can “rest easier now.”

“We’re hopeful that somehow this arrest can bring some sort of closure to the Hernandez family,” Walsh said when announcing the arrest last year. “This department has received a tremendous amount of community support and help not only to apprehend the subject, but also from the property owner.”