Teen Who Killed Father Of 5 At Store In Region Gets Decades In Prison

A teenager who admitted to shooting and killing a father of five outside of a Family Dollar in the Capital Region last year will spend more than 20 years behind bars, authorities said.

Jahteek Sanchez
Photo Credit: *Rensselaer County District Attorney*

Alexander Crawford, age 39, was shot to death during a confrontation with another customer outside a Family Dollar store in Troy on Sunday, July 2.
Photo Credit: *Sidewinder Photography/S.L. Mclaughlin Funeral Home*

Josh Lanier

08/15/2024 4:30 p.m.

Jahteek Sanchez, age 17 or 18, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in Rensselaer County Court on Friday, May 17, in the death of Alexander Crawford, the Rensselaer County District Office said on Thursday, Aug. 15.

A judge sentenced Sanchez to 24 years in prison with five years of probation.

The 39-year-old Crawford, of Troy, was fatally shot on July 2, 2023, outside the Family Dollar store located near 102nd Street and 2nd Avenue in Troy.

According to Police, Sanchez and Crawford got into an argument in front of the business and Sanchez opened fire. Crawford's obituary speculated he got involved in the fight to protect his son.

Crawford managed to go back inside the store and tell employees he had been shot. He was taken by ambulance to Samaritan Hospital in Troy where he was pronounced dead.

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