Kobe Wayne Armstrong, 17, was found dead in his Livingston Avenue home in Albany on May 8, 2023. Initial calls to police reported a suicide, but officers at the scene and an inconclusive autopsy led the Albany Police Department to treat the case as a homicide. Armstrong had sustained two gunshot wounds, a fact that complicated the determination of whether the fatal wound was self-inflicted; Chief Eric Hawkins noted that suicides involving two shots are rare but have occurred.

An 11th-grade student at the Tony Clemente Center for Education, Armstrong loved basketball and music and was described by his family as protective of his mother and gifted at rapping. Investigators have focused on people who were inside the residence at the time of the shooting and say they are not seeking suspects from outside the home. No arrests have been announced and the investigation remains open.

If anyone knew Kobe, was at that address that day, or has information about who was in the house on May 8, 2023, please come forward.