On the night of June 5, 2024, 30-year-old Javon Ward was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Albany, New York. The shooting happened at about 1:45 a.m. near Second and Quail streets in the West Hill neighborhood as Ward was walking to a corner store with three friends. A car approached and multiple shots were fired from inside the vehicle; Ward was struck in the back and later died at Albany Medical Center. Two other people were wounded: a 46-year-old woman shot in the leg and a 14-year-old girl grazed by a bullet.

Authorities identified two suspects, Paul Smith, 22, and Daquan Arrington, 25, and said 19 shots were fired from their vehicle. Smith was taken into custody on June 11, 2024; Arrington was arrested later. Both were charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. Neither defendant showed remorse during later court proceedings and were reported to have verbally taunted the victim’s family.

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