Sixteen-year-old Jaylin Gourrier-Lewis was shot and killed in Troy, New York, on the evening of February 9, 2022. He was found with severe injuries on Fifth Avenue near 105th Street and was taken to a hospital where he died. The shooting came about a month after another 16-year-old in Troy had been killed by gunfire, deepening the community’s shock.

The investigation led to the arrest of Jaylin’s 21-year-old brother, Jatae Gourrier-Lewis, who was reportedly involved in a dispute over a gun. Jatae later said the shooting was accidental, though reports noted the precision of the shot. The case left the family fractured, with their mother publicly mourning Jaylin while expressing forgiveness for her other son.

Does anyone in the Troy area remember hearing about tensions between the brothers or seeing them on Fifth Avenue that night?