A Bay Shore man has been sentenced to 40 years to life for the murder of his former fiancée in the underground parking garage of a medical facility where she worked in New Hyde Park.
On March 31, 2022, at approximately 4:08 p.m., 33-year-old Amelia Laguerre, the former fiancée of Quay Sean Hines, a/k/a Quay-Sean Renard Hines, entered the underground parking garage of the office building where she worked at 1999/1991 Marcus Avenue in New Hyde Park. Hines, armed with a loaded firearm, repeatedly fired at Laguerre, striking her nine times, and then fled the scene.
Officers responded to a call of gun shots fired, and Laguerre was transported to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, where she was pronounced dead at 4:49 p.m.
Hines was arrested on April 8, 2022, in Merrick by members of the Nassau County Police Department’s Bureau of Special Operations and Homicide Squad.
Hines, 33, was convicted by a jury on September 26, 2024, after a trial before Judge Robert Bogle of second-degree murder (a Class A-I felony) and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon (a Class C violent felony). On November 8, Hines was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison.
“Quay Sean Hines was obsessed with his former fiancée Amelia Laguerre and her desire to move on with her life and leave their relationship in the past. This defendant refused to be rejected, so he killed Amelia by shooting her nine times,” said Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly. “He destroyed a family and ripped a young mother from her child. He gunned her down because of his selfishness and his ego. And for that horrific brutality, this defendant should spend the rest of his life in prison. We continue to keep Amelia’s family and friends in our thoughts and prayers.”