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Sentencing for gang member involved in shooting outside Coram convenience store
RIVERHEAD - An alleged member of the Bloods street gang will spend 9½ years in prison for shooting two men in the legs outside a Coram 7-11 last year. The two victims suffered non-threatening injuries.
Elija Whitty, 19, was arrested by Suffolk detectives and the United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force at a relative’s home in West Babylon five days after the October 8 shooting.
Whitty was convicted of attempted second degree murder, assault, and weapons charges. He was sentenced in Suffolk County court in Riverhead.