A man in Long Island, New York, died over the weekend after being shot "while answering a knock at his front door," police say. 

The homicide of Roquez Villalba-Jimenez, 32, is the second of its kind this month in Huntington Station, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.  

Investigators say Villalba-Jimenez answered a knock on his door around 11:35 p.m. Saturday night when he was hit with gunfire. 

He later was pronounced dead at a local hospital. 

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Roquez Villalba-Jimenez, 32, died on Saturday, Aug. 27 after he was shot while answering a knock on his front door, police say. (Google Maps)

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On Aug. 2, less than a mile away, Byron Martinez was shot after answering a knock on his door around 1:15 a.m., the Suffolk County Police Department said. 

The 23-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. 

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The scene of the first shooting involving Byron Martinez on Aug. 2, also in Huntington Station, N.Y. (Google Maps)

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It is not immediately clear whether the two incidents are connected. 

Detectives from the Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad are investigating both cases.