Officers in Albany weren’t far away when they heard several gunshots on Sheridan Avenue near Robin Street at around 10:45 a.m. Monday, May 8, according to Albany Police.
The location is mere yards from Sheridan Preparatory Academy, where classes were in session at the time.
When officers arrived, they spotted a man who took off running when he saw officers. As he was running, the man threw a loaded .40 caliber handgun under a parked car, police said.
Police eventually caught and arrested the man, identified as Saviour Wilkerson, of Albany.
Nobody was injured as a result of the gunshots being fired or the ensuing chase.
Wilkerson was arraigned in Albany City Criminal Court on one count of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Following his arraignment, a judge ordered him held at the Albany County jail.
According to police, Wilkerson was arrested in December 2021 after Albany County Sheriff’s deputies allegedly found him illegally carrying a loaded 9mm handgun that had been hidden under his driver’s seat.
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