Albany police arrested a 22-year-old man and three teenagers—two aged 15 and one aged 16—and charged all four with murder in the shooting death of 15-year-old Austin Payne. Officers found Payne dead inside an abandoned home on Cameo Lane on Nov. 1; his mother had tracked his cellphone there after he called to say he had been shot and failed to return home.
WHO:
Albany police
WHAT:
Police arrested a 22-year-old man and three teenagers and charged them with murder in the shooting death of 15-year-old Austin Payne.
WHEN:
Nov 1, 2026
WHERE:
Albany, USA
WHY:
The four were charged in connection with Payne's shooting death; no motive for the killing was given.
