Albany Man Convicted of Attempted Murder

Albany County District Attorney Lee C. Kindlon announced today that an Albany man who shot and paralyzed a man during a fistfight that broke out in the shadows of Albany Medical Center Hospital has been convicted in a jury trial.

Juhmir Arrington, 31, was found guilty Thursday afternoon of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree after a four-day jury trial in front of the Honorable Thomas Marcelle.

The jury took just over an hour to return the verdict.

Assistant District Attorney Joseph Brucato, Bureau Chief of the Major Crimes Unit, and Trial Assistant Katelyn Kaczkowski called on 15 witnesses during the trial. The case centered around multiple video surveillance clips that captured the moment the victim arrived in front of the CVS on the corner of New Scotland Avenue and Myrtle Avenue on June 1, 2024, at around 6:30 p.m.

The victim was looking to confront a friend of Arrington's who had allegedly assaulted one of his brothers the day before. A fight between eight men erupted and Arrington could be seen on video grabbing a gun from inside a car. As the melee spilled into the parking lot behind CVS, Arrington raised a handgun and fired into the victim's chest.

The bullet perforated the man's stomach and pierced through his diaphragm and spine, paralyzing him from the waist down. Arrington then fired off two shots at close range, but the projectiles missed the man.

The victim's friends and several bystanders ran to his aid and carried the man to a car. He was driven a short distance to Albany Med, where he underwent emergency surgery to save his life.

"Should he have gone there that day to fight the (man)?" Brucato said during closing arguments. "No. But he didn't deserve to die that day. He didn't deserve to spend his life in a wheelchair."

"This was about the defendant bringing a gun to a fist fight," Brucato said.

Arrington was remanded to the custody of the Albany County Correctional Facility until sentencing on March 9, when he faces up to 25 years in state prison.