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Teen Apprehended After Opening Fire During Fight Inside LA Fitness On Long Island Teen Apprehended After Opening Fire During Fight Inside LA Fitness On Long Island
Teen Apprehended After Opening Fire During Fight Inside LA Fitness On Long Island A teen has been apprehended and is facing multiple felonies after police say he opened fire during a fight with a boy inside an LA Fitness on Long Island. The teen, who is age 18, and a 17-year-old were involved in a verbal altercation inside the LA Fitness in North Babylon, located at 1230 Deer Park Ave., when staff members of the gym asked them to leave the building at approximately 7:15 p.m.  Tuesday, Dec. 21, Suffolk County Police said. The two then engaged in a physical altercation in the parking lot, according to police.  Haynes left the premises in a motor vehicle and…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
ID Released For Store Manager Shot, Killed By Worker At Nassau Stop & Shop ID Released For Store Manager Shot, Killed By Worker At Nassau Stop & Shop
ID Released For Store Manager Shot, Killed By Worker At Nassau Stop & Shop The identity has been released for the store manager killed by a worker in a shooting that injured two others at a supermarket on Long Island. The suspect, Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, age 31, of Hempstead, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, April 21, just 24 hours after the incident took place at the Stop & Shop in West Hempstead on Tuesday, April 20. Wilson was apprehended within four hours of the shooting following a massive manhunt that included more than 150 officers, the FBI, the ATF, and the NYPD, said Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. Before opening fire at the…

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by Kathy Reakes
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One Dead, Two Injured, Person Of Interest ID'd In LI Stop & Shop Shooting One Dead, Two Injured, Person Of Interest ID'd In LI Stop & Shop Shooting
One Dead, Two Injured, Person Of Interest ID'd In LI Stop & Shop Shooting Click here for an updated story: Gunman Nabbed In Fatal Shooting At NY Stop & Shop Police have identified a person of interest in a shooting at a Long Island Stop & Shop that has left one person dead and two wounded. Police are searching for 30-year-old Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, who may be a current or former employee of the store.  He is described as being 6-foot-2 and is wearing a black baseball hat and a black sweatshirt, Nassau County Police said. Wilson was last seen heading westbound on Hempstead Turnpike, possibly on a bus, they added. Police say Wilson is …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Active Shooter Situation Reported At Nassau County Stop & Shop Active Shooter Situation Reported At Nassau County Stop & Shop
Active Shooter Situation Reported At Nassau County Stop & Shop Click here for a new, updated story: One Dead, Two Injured, Person Of Interest ID'd In NY Stop & Shop Shooting There has been an active shooter situation at a Stop & Shop in New York. The situation unfolded around 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, April 20 at the supermarket located on Long Island, on Cherry Valley Avenue in West Hempstead. There have been reports of multiple shots fired, but no word on any possible fatalities or injuries. "Nassau County Police said officers are "canvassing the area and nearby schools have been notified to lock down & secure their buildings. …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Police Boost Patrols At Long Island Malls, Popular Areas After Mass Shootings Police Boost Patrols At Long Island Malls, Popular Areas After Mass Shootings
Police Boost Patrols At Long Island Malls, Popular Areas After Mass Shootings Long Island law enforcement officials are assuring resident they are on high alert following the massacre of 31 people in two separate mass shooting incidents over the weekend. The first shooting happened at a Walmart at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, just after 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 local time (and 1 p.m. Eastern time). In that incident, 22 people were killed and 26 injured. Twelve hours later, at around 1 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, another gunman opened fire in the historic Oregon District in downtown Dayton, Ohio, killing nine people and injuring 37. Nassau County Police Commissioner P…

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by Kathy Reakes