James R. Hayes was 35 when he was fatally shot in Troy, New York. On June 17, 2021, police found him unresponsive in his car after a single-vehicle crash in the Hillside North neighborhood; first responders discovered a gunshot wound to his upper body. He was transported to a nearby hospital but died of his injuries.

Investigators concluded the shooting did not occur at the crash site. Evidence indicated Hayes had been shot near Rensselaer and 9th streets and drove off before the crash. The Troy Police Department treated the death as a homicide and asked the public for help, saying witnesses in the area might have information. No arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved.

Did anyone in Troy’s Hillside North or around Rensselaer and 9th streets see or hear anything that night?