Suffolk police have identified the man killed in a North Sea fatal shooting on Christmas morning as 53-year-old Steven Byrnes.

Southampton Town police responded to a burglary call at a Roses Grove Road home about 8:45 a.m. where they discovered Byrnes who had been shot, police said in a news release.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Suffolk County homicide detectives are investigating

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