Anthony M. Christopher Jr. was 16 when he was shot during a home invasion at his River Street apartment on January 5, 2022. At least two armed intruders forced their way into the first-floor unit where he lived with his mother and younger brothers, opened fire, and struck Anthony multiple times in the torso and once in the head. He was taken to a hospital and died the next day. Another 16-year-old present was wounded in the leg but survived.

Known to friends and family as Tookie, Big Don, and Ant Daklikka, Anthony was an aspiring rap artist and entrepreneur who attended the Troy High School Sunset Program. His obituary described him as fun-filled, loving, loyal, a class clown and practical joker, and his mother’s best friend. His death was mourned locally as a senseless act of gun violence.

A multiagency investigation led to arrests in May 2022. Three men — William Webb, 28, of Brooklyn; Ramel Gulley, 27, of Schenectady; and Kahlil Clay, 19, of Brooklyn — were indicted on second-degree murder charges. In March and April 2024 juries returned guilty verdicts against Webb, Gulley, and Clay for second-degree murder. Does anyone have memories of Anthony or information about that night that could add detail to the record?