A neighbor dispute in Baldwinsville, New York, ended with William Bill R. Delany shot dead on February 22, 2021. The 44-year-old and his adult son lived in a first-floor apartment on Cold Springs Road; the son was also struck by gunfire and taken to hospital in critical condition. Delany was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

Police identified the upstairs neighbor, 44-year-old William Kratz, as a suspect and took him into custody. Investigators found Kratz in possession of an illegal, untraceable ghost gun; he was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and later convicted in October 2022 of criminal possession in the second degree.