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Long Island Stop & Shop Reopens After Fatal Shooting
A week after a fatal shooting at a Long Island Stop & Shop that left one dead and two wounded, the store has reopened.
The West Hempstead Stop & Shop reopened Monday, April 26 following the shooting on Tuesday, April 20, Stop & Shop President Gordon Reid announced.
Nassau County Police said the shooting began around 11:20 a.m. at the supermarket located on Cherry Valley Avenue, when Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, who worked at the store collecting carts walked into the manager's office and began shooting, killing the manager, Ray Wishropp, 49, and a 50-year-old man and a 26-ye…
ID Released For Store Manager Shot, Killed By Worker At LI 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…
