Chyna U. Forney was 18 and two weeks shy of graduating from Albany Leadership Charter High School for Girls when she was killed on May 3, 2021. On the afternoon of that day police responded to calls of gunfire on Essex Street in Albany and found Forney shot in the back; officers say she was not the intended target of the drive-by shooting.

Investigators arrested two young men in connection with the attack. Alvin Foy, 18, was taken into custody ten days after the shooting and charged with second-degree murder, reckless endangerment, and weapons possession. A second suspect, 19-year-old Jahmere Manning, was arrested in early June and faced similar charges. Prosecutors alleged both fired numerous shots from a vehicle aiming at another person.

Manning later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a 20 years to life sentence. Foy went to trial; a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder, attempted murder, and weapons charges, and he was sentenced to 25 years to life. Chyna was remembered as a bubbly student, a track team leader with college plans, and a memorial of candles and messages grew at the shooting site.

If anyone knew Chyna or has information about the events on Essex Street that afternoon, please share what is known.