On the evening of Friday, April 26, 2024, in Buffalo’s Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood, gunfire near Young and Ashley streets left 31-year-old Quentin Alexander Sims fatally shot. Officers who responded found Sims with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 8:50 p.m.

Investigators identified a suspect and on May 9, 2024, Buffalo police arrested 30-year-old Timé J. Thomas, Jr. The case was presented to a grand jury, and in early June 2024 Thomas was indicted on a charge of Murder in the Second Degree, accused of intentionally shooting and killing Quentin Sims. At his arraignment before State Supreme Court Justice Debra Givens, Thomas was remanded without bail and a pre-trial conference was scheduled for August 6, 2024. The indictment carries a potential maximum sentence of 25 years to life if convicted of the highest charge.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who was near Young and Ashley streets that night is asked to come forward.