Ex-Nassau Stop & Shop Worker Convicted Of Murder In Supervisor's 2021 Killing

MINEOLA, NY — A former Stop and Shop employee was convicted Wednesday of murdering his supervisor and attempting to kill two co-workers at the West Hempstead supermarket in April 2021.

Jurors convicted Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, 33, of Hempstead, of second-degree murder. He was also convicted of two counts of second-degree attempted murder, two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

The jury deliberated for less than six hours before reaching their verdict.

Wilson faces sentencing June 8. He faces up to 90 years to life in prison.

"Disgruntled employee Gabriel Wilson entered the West Hempstead Stop and Shop with a loaded semi-automatic gun and the intent to kill," Nassau District Attorney Anne Donnelly said. "The defendant went into an office on the second floor, pointed his weapon at two coworkers and struck both of them. He then proceeded to another room where he encountered 49-year-old Raymond Wishropp, the grocery manager, who was eating a sandwich on his lunch break, and shot the man directly in the chest at point-blank range."

Wilson was not scheduled to work on the morning of April 20, 2021. After the shootings, Donnelly said, Wilson "calmly left the building and walked to Hempstead where he was subsequently arrested due to the brave police work of the Nassau County and Hempstead police departments. This defendant has shown zero remorse for his actions."