50 Years To Life For LI Stop & Shop Shooter 'Who Showed No Remorse'

MINEOLA, NY — A former supermarket employee was sentenced Thursday to 50 years to life in prison for the April 2021 murder of the supervisor of Stop & Shop in West Hempstead and the attempted murder of two other coworkers at the store.

Gabriel Wilson, 33, of Hempstead had not been scheduled to work on the day of the shooting and went to the second floor, where the managers' offices were, and shot one person in the face and twice in the chest area, Nassau District Attorney Anne Donnelly's office said.

He then shot a female manager, hitting her in the shoulder, with the bullet exiting her back, and when he went inside a second office, he fired multiple rounds and struck 49-year-old Ray Wishropp in the chest and leg, according to Donnelly's office.

Wishropp was pronounced dead at the scene.

Wilson was arrested just before 4 p.m. in Hempstead by members of Nassau police’s Bureau of Special Operations and the Hempstead Police Department.

Donnnelly said Wilson intended "to cause death and destruction" when he went inside the store with a semi-automatic gun.

“Wilson methodically entered office after office on the second floor of the grocery store, shooting his coworkers without hesitation," she said. "Sadly, 49-year-old Ray Wishropp was shot directly in the chest at point-blank range and killed, while two other employees were seriously injured, but escaped."

"This defendant showed no contrition or remorse since he was apprehended or throughout the duration of his trial," she said. "I am pleased that this very dangerous individual will now likely spend the rest of his life in a prison cell. We hope that this sentence provides some measure of justice for Ray’s family, friends, and coworkers still mourning his tragic loss.”

Wilson was convicted by a jury in May of one count of second-degree murder, as well as two counts of second-degree attempted murder, and two counts of first-degree assault, and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

He was acquitted of two counts of second-degree attempted murder.

His attorney, Brian Carmody of Garden City, declined comment.