Suspect with lengthy rap sheet charged with murder in Stop & Shop shooting
Cops investigate gunman’s motive
Det. Lt. Stephen Fitzpatrick of the Nassau County Police Department said the gunman in the deadly shooting at the Stop & Shop in West Hempstead, Long Island, was a troubled employee.
NEW YORK - The suspect in a deadly shooting at a Stop & Shop supermarket on Long Island was arraigned on murder charges Wednesday.
Gabriel Dewitt Wilson, 31, of Long Beach, a shopping cart gatherer with a violent criminal history, was charged in Minneola with one count of murder in the second degree and four counts of attempted murder after a deadly shooting in West Hempstead a day earlier.
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NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting inside a manager’s office at a suburban New York grocery store Tuesday morning that left one person dead and two others wounded.
Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, 31, was taken into custody around 3:15 p.m. at an apartment building roughly 2 miles from the Stop & Shop grocery store in West Hempstead, in Nassau County on Long Island where the shooting occurred, Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said.
The shooting occurred around 11:15 a.m. inside offices upstairs from the shopping floor, Fox News reported.
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Police are providing more information on their investigation into a deadly Long Island grocery store shooting and sharing more details on the suspected killer s background
Suspect Gabriel DeWitt Wilson was taken into custody after an hours-long manhunt; he faces murder and attempted murder charges
The names of the victims have not been made public; information on a possible attorney for Wilson wasn t immediately available
A four-hour manhunt for the suspect in Tuesday s deadly shooting at a Long Island Stop & Shop ended when authorities saw the 31-year-old alleged gunman on surveillance video trying to leave a building not far from the crime scene and swooped in, investigators said Wednesday.
Stop & Shop Shooting: Police Say Suspect Gabriel Dewitt Wilson Has Mental Health Issues And Long List Of Crimes
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Gabriel Dewitt Wilson is charged with killing a manager, and injuring two other workers at a Stop & Shop in West Hempstead.
Authorities describe Wilson, 31, as a troubled employee. They said he showed up to work on Tuesday to ask for a transfer to another location. He filled out a form and then left without incident, only to return 40 minutes later, CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge reported.
Wearing a white jumpsuit, Wilson was walked into Nassau County police headquarters on Wednesday morning, mumbling under his breath. He is charged with second-degree murder, and four counts of attempted murder, after investigators say he opened fire at the supermarket on Cherry Valley Road just after 11 a.m. on Tuesday.