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She has passed away : (

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Arrest made in Saturday State Street killing
December 14, 2014
Updated 7:29 a.m.
By Ned Campbell (Contact)
Gazette Reporter  


SCHENECTADY — A woman was gunned down and killed late Saturday afternoon on State Street. Schenectady police have arrested James Modest, charging him with murder in the killing.

Schenectady police were called at 4:06 p.m. Saturday to the area near Elder Street for multiple reports of shots being fired, police said. Officers arrived to find Markia Booth, 30, of Schenectady, also known as Markia Harris, lying in the middle of the street next to an SUV with several gunshot wounds to the torso, police said.

Booth was treated at the scene and taken by ambulance to Ellis Hospital, where police said she died a short time later.

The Schenectady Police Department subsequently arrested Jamell Steven Modest, 46, of Schenectady, charging him with second-degree murder and first-degree reckless endangerment.

Police said Modest and Booth knew each other and were at one point involved in what the police said was a domestic relationship. Police said it was unclear if the two were still involved in that relationship at the time of the incident.

Modest is due to be arraigned today.

Police said several witnesses saw a man flee the scene north on Linden Street, and responding officers were able to apprehend a man fitting witness descriptions a short distance away, near the intersection of Becker and Elder streets.

A pool of blood lay in the street next to the SUV, which was double-parked along State Street, as investigators collected evidence and interviewed potential witnesses. It was later towed from the scene.

State Street was closed in both directions between Elder and Linden streets for about 2 1⁄2 hours as police investigated, according to the state Department of Transportation.

The killing is the second in the city in the past week, the third in three weeks and the fifth this year.

Wayne L. Best Jr., 25, was killed just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday near his home of Parkwood Boulevard. Police are seeking two men in that shooting.

Two weeks earlier, Jose Sanchez, 30, was gunned down near his home on Bridge Street on Nov. 24. Police charged Alexis Rodriguez, 35, of 1378 Crane St., with second-degree murder Wednesday, saying the motive for the shooting was a $250 debt.

Sanchez’s brother, Victor, 28, also of Bridge Street, was also stabbed during that incident. He survived, but was subsequently charged with first-degree hindering prosecution and tampering with physical evidence after police said he came into possession of his brother’s unlocked cellphone, programmed a security lock on the phone and refused to give police the code.

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guns don't kill....humans do.....because they can...no matter the repercussions.....which I find bizarre.....

Quoted from Alva White

Why? It's the way humans have treated each other since the beginning of time. Human 1 wants human 2's land, money, woman/man. Human 2 doesn't want Human 1 to have their "stuff". One of them will kill the other to get what they want. Human 3 related to Human 1 or 2 decides to kill the offending human for retribution. And on and on.

I prefer cats as companions.

Quoted from senders

I find it bizarre because in every human mind is the 'why'.....no one could ever know the 'why' this guy did it....but a whole
lot of folks think that by removing guns that it removes the 'why'.....that's an untruth......

the repercussions of selling loosies really tests the reason of they 'why'....we are at a point where the state being in our minds
is fu(king everyone up.....

Quoted from JackBauer

Rage.

All logic breaks down, except for those who have the strength to resist acting on what they really want to do.

Domestic rage is powerful - you're dealing with the evolutionary laws of procreation.  My guess is that she spurned him for someone else, or left him.  This isn't exactly likely to be over who gets custody of the kid.

Only five murders this year?  Is that down from 2013?

Quoted from senders

I find it bizarre because in every human mind is the 'why'.....no one could ever know the 'why' this guy did it....but a whole
lot of folks think that by removing guns that it removes the 'why'.....that's an untruth......

the repercussions of selling loosies really tests the reason of they 'why'....we are at a point where the state being in our minds
is fu(king everyone up.....