Schenectady’s first homicide of 2022 ended the life of 38-year-old Rasheem Cotman on the evening of February 16. Around 8:30 p.m., gunfire was reported near Third Avenue and Davis Terrace. Police found a car had crashed into the porch of a residence at 1604 Third Avenue; Cotman, a Menands resident, was inside the vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene after treatment by firefighter paramedics.

The Schenectady Police Department, assisted by the New York State Police Major Crimes Bureau, opened an immediate investigation and asked the public for information. Records noted Cotman had a 2017 conviction for concealment of a corpse tied to the 2016 death of Halle Schmidt; he was released on parole in May 2019.

Does anyone who was in the Third Avenue or Davis Terrace area that night have information that could help investigators?