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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.
Supermarket shooting suspect charged with 2nd degree murder on Long Island
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The Stop & Shop supermarket on Cherry Valley Road in West Hempstead remained a crime scene Wednesday, one day after an employee opened fire, killing one person and wounding two others.
31-year-old Gabriel Dewitt Wilson, who authorities say has a history of mental illness, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon and appeared in court Wednesday morning.
Wilson was arraigned on one count of 2nd degree murder and four counts of attempted murder.
He was remanded and will appear again on Friday. He faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted.