Albany charter school student killed Monday remembered as radiant, dreamed of becoming nurse
Neighbors said they heard many shots on Essex Street when Chyna Forney was hit
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Exterior of Albany Leadership Charter High School for Girls on Hackett Blvd. on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 in Albany, N.Y. Chyna Forney, a senior, was killed a couple of weeks before she was set to graduate from the charter school. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of11Buy PhotoScene on Essex Street where 18-year-old Chyna Forney from Albany was shot and killed Monday afternoon Tuesday, May 4, 2021 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Chris Rooney Created: May 04, 2021 10:37 AM
Albany police have released the name of the young woman killed in a shooting Monday afternoon. They say 18-year-old Chyna Forney was gunned down on Essex Street.
Police responded to a call of shots fired on Essex Street just west of Rawson Street around 2:50 p.m. They say Forney was lying in the road with a gunshot wound to her back.
It appeared around three dozen rounds had been fired.
Forney was rushed to Albany Medical Center where she died.
Albany police investigate a shooting on Essex Street.
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18-year-old killed in Albany
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The Albany Police Department headquarters building is seen on Monday, March 8, 2021, on Henry Johnson Blvd. in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
ALBANY Police said they are investigating a killing in which an 18-year-old woman was shot Monday afternoon.
Police said they responded to Essex Street, just west of Rawson Street, at about 2:50 p.m. for a shooting. The woman was found lying in the street, and was taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Police are not releasing the victim s name until they said family can be notified.
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