2Hempstead man sentenced to 30 years for bar shooting that paralyzed security guard and injured bystander

MINEOLA, NY — A 34-year-old Hempstead man will serve three decades in state prison after opening fire outside a Freeport bar in a 2023 shooting that left a security guard permanently paralyzed and another man critically wounded.

Tiray Clemmons was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision after being convicted in September of multiple violent felonies stemming from the July 15, 2023, shooting at Agua on the Mile, a popular venue along the Nautical Mile.

The incident began after Clemmons was denied re-entry into the bar following an altercation with management. Minutes later, he returned to the scene in a black sedan and opened fire with a

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