Ahziarh Carter was 19 when he was fatally shot in Troy, New York, on the night of August 18, 2015. Carter was near the intersection of Earl Street and Hutton Street when the shooting occurred; another man, Kadeion Mays, was wounded. Police pursued a black Chevy Malibu after the shooting and stopped it near the Northway and Route 7 in Colonie, taking into custody three adults — Malcolm Reid, Stephon Johnson and 16-year-old D’Andre Jones — and a fourth minor.

Several firearms were found inside the vehicle and Reid, Johnson and Jones were initially charged with felony weapons possession. Years of limited witness cooperation stalled the homicide inquiry until 2019, when prosecutors revisited the case; D’Andre Jones was later indicted on second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter charges, accused of exiting the car and firing the shots that killed Carter and injured Mays. In October 2021 a jury convicted Jones of first-degree manslaughter and he received a 20-year sentence.

What details about that night or the investigation might still help clarify what happened to Ahziarh Carter?