Brandon T. Sherwin, 29, was killed on January 8, 2016, in Watervliet, New York. A musician and father who graduated from Shaker High School in 2004, he was born September 2, 1986, in Indianapolis and was the son of former NFL player Tim Sherwin.

On the evening of January 8 police responded to reports of shots fired at a two-family house on Fourth Avenue around 9 p.m. A confrontation between Sherwin and his neighbor, Michael J. Fox, 49, escalated into a standoff lasting about three hours while Fox was barricaded inside his apartment. A tactical team entered Fox’s residence and found Sherwin dead inside. Investigators determined Sherwin had been shot in the upper torso with a 12-gauge shotgun and then stabbed multiple times with a sharp instrument. An acquaintance who had been at the scene escaped and alerted police after being intended as a hostage.

The motive for the killing has not been disclosed. Did anyone in the area know Sherwin or see activity near Fourth Avenue that night?