Chyna U. Forney

In the spring of 2021, just two weeks shy of her graduation from Albany Leadership Charter High School for Girls, 18-year-old Chyna U. Forney’s promising future was tragically cut short. On the afternoon of May 3, 2021, she was struck by a bullet in the back during a drive-by shooting on Essex Street in Albany, New York. Police responded to reports of gunfire at approximately 2:30 p.m. and found Forney wounded. She was not the intended target of the violent act that would ultimately claim her ...