Indictment says Brown shot, killed Ayshawn Davis
11-year-old was hit as gunfire was sprayed at group of people in Troy
A Cohoes man killed 11-yearold Ayshawn Davis with a shot from a .40-caliber handgun in a drive-by shooting on Sept. 13, according to an indictment for second-degree murder handed up Thursday by a Rensselaer County grand jury.
Jahquay E. Brown, 20, of 324 Saratoga St., fired the handgun multiple times at a group of individuals and struck Ayshawn Davis, causing his death, the indictment
states.
Ayshawn and other people were outside 2266 Old Sixth Ave. in downtown at 11:38 p.m. Sept. 13 when a dark-colored vehicle drove by and they were sprayed with bullets, said city police investigating the incident.
The indictment states that Brown acted with another individual. This the first time court documents identified Brown as the shooter.
Troy Deputy Police Chief Dan Dewolf previously said that detectives were searching for a second person involved in the fatal shooting.
Ayshawn’s violent death shook the Capital Region and sent tremors through Troy as he became the city ’s 12th homicide victim. Since his death, another person has been shot and killed in the North Central neighborhood, raising the city ’s homicide toll to 13 this year.
Ayshawn was buried Monday at St. Patrick’s Cemetery off Oakwood Avenue in Troy.
The indictment was handed up to County Court Judge Jennifer Sober at the county courthouse Thursday afternoon. It’s anticipated that Brown may be arraigned as early as Monday on the single count of seconddegree murder. If convicted, Brown could face up to life in prison. Brown currently is being held in the Rensselaer County jail without bail.
When Brown was arrested Sept. 24 at his Cohoes residence, a handgun and vehicle were seized by police when they executed search warrants.
In an unrelated indictment, two Watervliet residents were each charged with attempted second-degree murder, attempted first-degree assault and second-degree assault for a 4 p.m. Sept. 24 shooting of a Troy man at 28 O’neill St. in South Troy.
Kamao Douglas, also known as K-dot, 18, and Amazin Cowan, 17, acted together in attempting to kill the man, according to the indictment. The two were accused of shooting the victim in the neck and the head, the indictment said.
Douglas is being held in the county jail without bail. Cowan is being held in a secure juvenile detention center.