Galleria shooting was not the first for the area

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Bonelli at his sentencing
in 2006

TOWN OF WALLKILL – Sunday’s shooting in the Galleria at Crystal Run in the Town of Wallkill was not the first time someone fired a gun inside a major Mid-Hudson Valley shopping center.
Police are not sure if this past Sunday’s incident, in which a single gunshot was fired into the floor on the second level of the Galleria, was accidental or intentional. Two people sustained minor ricochet injuries.
The shooter has not been located at this point.
On Sunday, February 13, 2005, a lone gunman entered the Hudson Valley Mall in the Town of Ulster and opened fire with an AK-47 type assault rifle. In the process, Robert Bonelli of Saugerties fired 50 to 60 rounds and stopped only to reload when he was tackled by a nearby person.
Two people were wounded.
According to the state correctional services website, Bonelli, who was sentenced to 32 years in prison, has been incarcerated at Green Haven Correctional Facility since May 23, 2006 on a conviction for two counts of assault, criminal use of a firearm and reckless endangerment.
The earliest date he could be released is July 12, 2032 with a maximum sentence release date of February 10, 2037. 




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