On the afternoon of February 9, 2023, a dispute in Albany escalated into a fatal shooting that left 39-year-old Anthony Dias of Watervliet dead. The shooting occurred about 3:15 p.m. near Sherman and Quail streets, a time when the neighborhood was busy and children were leaving an after-school program at a nearby boxing gym. Dias was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene, the city’s first homicide of the year.

Investigators identified 37-year-old Albany resident Kerdel Young as a person of interest and said the shooting stemmed from a minor dispute between Young and Dias. Surveillance footage and other data were used to track Young’s vehicle to Brooklyn within a day, and a legally owned handgun preliminarily matched to the weapon used in the shooting was recovered from the vehicle. Young was arrested on February 14, 2023, and charged with second-degree murder.

If anyone saw the area around Sherman and Quail streets that afternoon or has information about the dispute between Dias and Young, please come forward.