1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at Long Island Stop & Shop
By FOX 5 NY Staff
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Police arrested a man in connection with a triple shooting on Long Island.
NEW YORK - A gunman shot three workers at a Stop & Shop supermarket in West Hempstead, Long Island, on Tuesday, killing one of them.
Authorities say the suspect, Gabriel Dewitt Wilson, 31, who is believed to have worked at the store, was arrested after a manhunt.
Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder says the shooting happened inside a manager s office at about 11 a.m. upstairs from the shopping floor.
Nassau County Police say more than 150 police officers descended on the area and were searching for the shooter. Several hours after the shooting, police converged on a neighborhood in nearby Hempstead.
1 killed, 2 wounded in shooting at NY grocery store; suspect in custody One person was killed and two others injured in a shooting at a Long Island, New York grocery store Tuesday. (Source: WABC via CNN Newsource) By Associated Press | April 20, 2021 at 9:49 AM MST - Updated April 20 at 1:11 PM
WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) â An employee suspected of shooting three workers at an office inside a Long Island grocery store Tuesday, killing a manager, was arrested hours after fleeing, police said.
Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, 31, was taken into custody around 3:15 p.m. at an apartment building about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from the store, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said. Information on charges and a lawyer who could speak on Wilsonâs behalf wasnât immediately available.