Man pleads guilty on attempted murder charge

KINGSTON – A Kingston man pled guilty Thursday in Ulster County Court to attempted murder and other charges in connection with the shooting of a rival gang member on a Kingston city street.

Marcello Douglas also pled guilty to assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

According to Ulster District Attorney Holley Carnright, Douglas fired five shots at point blank range into an unarmed man who was sitting in a car parked at the Rondout Market in Kingston. Three other teenagers were in the car at the time.
The victim, who survived, was in a coma for three days.

Carnright said the most compelling evidence developed was the police surveillance camera video imaging of Douglas sneaking up to the victim’s car and as he fled after the showing, as well as the victim being shot.