Schenectady

A convicted felon who wounded a man outside a Mont Pleasant pizzeria last year was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison.

Jamal Rashid, 30, who has a 2007 conviction for drug dealing, was convicted at trial in Schenectady County Court last month of attempted murder, attempted first-degree assault and weapon possession for shooting Shaquille Grayton on Sept. 10, 2014, outside Chubby's Pizzeria on Crane Street.

The shooting was recorded by public Schenectady County street surveillance cameras.

The shooting was preceded 25 minutes earlier by a fistfight between Rashid and Grayton. Schenectady police officers Eric Owens and Scott Bobrowich spoke with Rashid, who left.

Rashid came back armed with a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol and fired two close-range shots at Grayton, prosecutors said.

Rashid fled but was captured two months later by U.S. Marshals.

Grayton, who was treated at an area hospital, survived his injuries.

Rashid was sentenced by Saratoga County Judge James A. Murphy III, who is temporarily assigned to Schenectady County.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Brian Gray.

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