Police say six people were shot in Albany’s Pine Hills neighborhood early Sunday.
The Albany Police Department says officers were clearing a large crowd on Hudson Avenue between Quail and Ontario Streets around 3 a.m.. While breaking up the large fight, where police said glass bottles were thrown at officers, police responded to gunshots heard in the nearby area of Hamilton and Ontario Streets.
There, five individuals ranging in age from 19 to 29 were found with gunshot wounds. All victims were transported to the hospital where two were reported in critical condition, three were reported in stable condition.
A sixth victim, a 17-year-old Schenectady resident, reportedly traveled home to Schenectady where she contacted police and told officers she was shot in the abdomen on Hamilton Street in Albany.
The girl was transported to Albany Medical Center where she was being treated for a non-life-threatening injury.
No arrests were announced Sunday morning and the victims were not immediately identified.
Democratic Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan said the incident “shocks the conscience” and called on the leaders of student groups to work with her administration, city police department, and college administrators to “stop disrupting their neighbors' quality of life and assaulting police officers, and to ensure they hold their peers accountable."
An investigation is ongoing.
Those with additional information are asked to call Albany Police at 518-462-8039 or may submit an anonymous tip using the Capital Region Crime Stoppers program.