Charles Gibson Jr., a 35-year-old Black man described as kindhearted, was walking home from his partner’s residence in the West Hill neighborhood of Albany, New York, in the early hours of May 26, 2022, when he was approached at the corner of Quail Street and Second Street. A sedan pulled up, a man wearing a ski mask emerged armed with a sawed-off shotgun and, after robbing Gibson and ordering him to strip and sit on nearby steps, struck him and fired a single fatal shot. A city-owned surveillance camera captured the attack and the vehicle fleeing the scene, and police used the footage to identify the car and a suspect.

Authorities arrested 26-year-old Ahlaumion Hall of Cohoes; he was already on parole for a prior gun-related conviction. Hall confessed and said he had gone out that night intending to kill a random person in retaliation for other recent shootings. A grand jury indicted him on second-degree murder and first-degree robbery; he later pleaded guilty to the murder charge. The case references an alleged accomplice who remained in the car, but no other individuals have been publicly identified in connection with Gibson’s death.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the car before or after May 26, 2022, or know more about the reported accomplice?