Benjamin Xavier Rowe, 25, was killed in Albany, New York, on Sunday, June 25, 2023. A Guilderland High School and University at Albany graduate, Rowe was active in the local music scene as an organizer and promoter and performed as vocalist and bassist for the duo Miller Time.

Police say the early morning shooting happened about 2 a.m. on the 500 block of Hamilton Street, between Ontario and Partridge streets. Rowe was walking when a vehicle carrying five men passed; one passenger, Jeff Henderson, began yelling profanities. After Rowe made a gesture, Henderson and two other passengers got out of the car, and moments later Henderson fatally shot Rowe. Investigators found no prior connection between Rowe and the attacker.

Surveillance footage led police to identify the vehicle and its occupants. Jeff Henderson of South Glens Falls was arrested in Indiana weeks after the shooting and charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon; the vehicle’s driver, Matthew Brewer of Queensbury, was charged with hindering prosecution.

If anyone has information about Rowe, his final movements on Hamilton Street, or the people in the vehicle that night, please come forward.