Tyshawn J. Hickman, 29, was shot and killed in Binghamton in the early hours of Saturday, August 8, 2026. Around 5:45 a.m., officers near Montgomery Street and Whitney Avenue responding after hearing multiple gunshots found Hickman and another man behind a commercial building. Hickman had multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest and was pronounced dead at the scene. The other man, a 35-year-old whose name has not been released, was unconscious with a serious head injury and taken to Wilson Medical Center with life-threatening injuries; he had not been shot.

Hickman’s longtime partner, Erianna Cooper, spoke with him about 90 minutes before the shooting; they share a five-year-old daughter and a one-year-old son and had known each other since age 12. Investigators recovered several shell casings, canvassed the area, used K-9 units and searched nearby railroad tracks, but as of this report no arrests have been announced and police have not identified suspects.

Did anyone in the Binghamton area see or hear anything near Montgomery Street and Whitney Avenue that morning?