Albany has violent Tuesday night

ALBANY — Investigators with the Albany Police Department on Wednesday were investigating three aggravated assaults involving firearm injuries that occurred Tuesday night.

The first was at 10:19 p.m. at 1117 Clark Ave. A 47-year-old man, who works as a clerk at the convenience store, was shot after a gunman tried to steal his car. No information was available on the condition of the clerk, nor was there any word on any suspects or descriptions.

In an APD report by Officer Larry Jones, the officer said when he arrived at the Stop and Shop on Clark Avenue, he made contact with Mukesh Pramar, who, he said, was bleeding “very heavily from his left hand and chest.”

Jones said Pramar reported that he was sitting in his car, a white Dodge Challenger, when he was approached by two men who demanded the keys to his car.

“Pramar stated that one of the males attempted to snatch his vehicle key, but a struggle ensued,” Jones wrote in the report. “Pramar then stated that the older black male shot him twice.”

Pramar told the officer he recognized both men, who he said “come into the store often,” the report said, adding Pramar then said “he was beginning to feel weak.”

An EMS unit arrived, evaluated Pramar’s injuries and transported him to the hospital, according to Jones.

Jones wrote that he spoke with two men who were in the store at the time of the shooting, but each said he didn’t see or hear anything. One said Pramar walked back into the store bleeding and told him he had been shot, the report said.

At 11:28 p.m., another shooting occurred, this time at 1654 McArthur St.

Banks said that a male, age unknown, was shot in the leg and that the condition of the male who was shot was unknown. There was no word on suspects.

Two minutes later at 605 Tulsa Lane — less than two-tenths of a mile from the McArthur aggravated assault — a 19-year-old male sustained an abdominal gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital for treatment, Banks said.

According to a report filed by Officer Larry Hart II on the Tulsa Lane shooting, Hart was heading to the location when a dispatcher notified him that the person who had been shot was being taken in a car to the hospital.

Hart wrote that he went to Phoebe Putney Hospital main campus, where he spoke with the driver of the car, identified as Arnold Hall. Hart said Hall told him Kareem Williams had called him to pick him up after he had been shot, and that he picked Williams up near Jefferies Avenue.

The officer spoke with Williams in the trauma room. He wrote that Williams told him he was walking near June Bugs at 1905 S. Madison St. when he heard gunshots.

“After hearing the gunshots, Kareem stated that he noticed he was shot,” Hart wrote. “After noticing he had been shot, Kareem advised that he was attempting to stop cars for help. Kareem advised that he was able to get a car to stop and they brought him to the hospital. Kareem did not advise who the person was who brought him to the hospital.”

The officer wrote that he observed a gunshot wound to the right side of Williams’ stomach and a second wound on the right side of the back. He said medical staff told him one could be an exit wound.

Hart said he checked with dispatch and was told there had not been any reports of shots being fired in the 1900 block of Madison.

All information was preliminary, according to the APD media spokeswoman, and was subject to change as the investigations continue.