On the evening of May 21, 2021, 39-year-old Lashon J. Turner was shot on Central Avenue near Henry Johnson Boulevard in Albany, New York. First responders found him with a gunshot wound to his torso; he was treated and taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. A native of Albany, he was known to friends and family as Shock or Shocka and was a father of five.

The Albany Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Unit opened an investigation that led to a suspect. On May 25, 2021, police arrested 33-year-old Natural Wise Joseph of Colonie; officers also found Joseph in possession of cocaine at the time of the arrest. Joseph was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon, and an Albany County grand jury indicted him for the intentional killing of Lashon Turner.

If anyone knew Lashon’s routines, who he was with that evening, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.