Sullivan County man indicted for shooting step-daughter in the head

MONTICELLO – A Livingston Manor man was indicted Wednesday on a charge of attempted murder in the second degree for allegedly shooting his stepdaughter in the head and hand.

The girl, who was in the hospital for a week after the April 27 incident, is recovering at home, said Chief Assistant District Attorney James Farrell.

Isabelino Diaz, 55, was also indicted on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and assault in the first degree.

The indictment alleges that Diaz attempted to kill the girl at their home in Livingston Manor by firing a handgun directly at her head several times.

Farrell said the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute.

“Clearly the evidence suggests there was a domestic dispute and it resulted in the allegations in the indictment that he pulled out a gun and shot her in the head and the hand and inflicted gunshot wounds to both areas.”

Diaz faces up to 25 years in state prison in convicted of the top charges. He is being held in the Sullivan County Jail without bail pending arraignment on the indictment.