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Albany Man Sentenced For Killing Coach Outside Nightclub

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Lucas Willard
Published March 2, 2019 at 8:54 AM EST
Club Pheonix in Albany hours after the fatal shooting of Joseph Davis
Lucas Willard
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Club Pheonix in Albany hours after the fatal shooting of Joseph Davis
Shaquille Owens
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Albany County District Attorney's Office
Shaquille Owens

A man who shot an Albany coach outside a Central Avenue nightclub has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.

Twenty-five-year-old Shaquille Owens was sentenced Friday in Albany County Supreme Court after he pleaded guilty to second degree murder in January.

Owens shot Joseph Davis five times at Club Pheonix at 348 Central Avenue in the early morning hours of September 29th, 2018.

Davis, 42, was an Albany Pop Warner football coach. He was working as a bouncer at the club at the time of the shooting. Two bystanders were also injured in the incident.
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Lucas Willard
Lucas Willard is a news reporter and host at WAMC Northeast Public Radio, which he joined in 2011. He produces and hosts The Best of Our Knowledge and WAMC Listening Party.
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