A jury found Tiray Clemmons, 34, guilty on all counts Tuesday, Sept. 16, following a trial in Nassau County Court.
The shooting happened on July 15, 2023, outside Agua on the Mile after Clemmons was denied re-entry to the bar following an argument with management.
“Tiray Clemmons was furious that he had been thrown out of a Nautical Mile bar, and he wanted payback,” said Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly.
He returned in a black sedan and fired six shots, striking the security guard in the back and hitting another man in the neck and groin, prosecutors said.
The security guard, who was just 23 years old, suffered catastrophic spinal injuries that left him paralyzed from the neck down and unable to care for his 3-year-old daughter. The bystander also required emergency surgery.
“That security guard was just doing his job, and his life was forever changed by a single bullet,” Donnelly said.
Investigators recovered the .357 firearm days later from a canal behind the bar. Clemmons was arrested the night of the shooting by Nassau County and Freeport police.
“Clemmons did not give a single thought to the terror he would cause that night and the lives he would shatter,” Donnelly said. “All he wanted was retribution.
Jurors deliberated less than five hours before convicting Clemmons of two counts of attempted murder, two counts of first-degree assault, criminal use of a firearm, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
He faces up to 50 years in prison when he is sentenced in October.
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