Mohammed X. Poquee, 49, was killed in the early morning hours of October 20, 2024, inside the Ida Yarborough Apartments on North Pearl Street in Albany, New York. A gathering was taking place in the building vestibule when Poquee became involved in a verbal dispute with 26-year-old Jonte A. Wunner. Surveillance footage shows Wunner wearing a bright orange ski mask pull a handgun and, after the argument escalated, fire five shots. Poquee was struck in the arm and in the neck; the neck wound severed his carotid artery. He was taken to Albany Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Police arrested Jonte Wunner eight days later and recovered a .38 caliber handgun. He was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Nine minutes of security-camera footage became key evidence at trial. Poquee had been released from prison less than two years earlier after serving more than two decades for a wrongful rape conviction.