Another layer of triple murder case

ORLANDO, Fla. — A suspect in last year’s triple homicide on East Alberson Drive in Albany, a case that saw three victims shot more than 25 times, was arrested Sunday in Orlando.

According to law enforcement officials, Shon Mallory was picked up by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and booked into the Orange County Jail under the name Rasheed Ware.

Facing separate charges in Orange County of burglary and theft, Ware was eventually identified as Mallory, a suspect wanted by the Albany Police Department for nearly a year in connection to the three murders.

On the morning of June 27, 2017 (when the bodies were discovered), a wave of shock rippled through the quiet northwest Albany neighborhood as news of the killings rapidly spread.

Residents responded with fear, outrage and confusion, many asking, “How could this happen here?”

Specifics about the deaths of Adrionna Holmes, 26; Demarquis Williams, 25, and Tyquis Smith, 23, were slow to be released by law enforcement investigators, but by November gruesome details began to emerge when Dougherty County Coroner Michael Fowler confirmed rumors that the victims had been shot at least 25 times.

“The males were both shot eight times each, and the female was shot nine times,” Fowler told The Albany Herald in November of 2017. “That’s 25 bullets in three victims. Also, there were a number of bullets found in the walls and surrounding area. We are still waiting for the ballistics test to come back to confirm the exact calibers used, but we do know that there was a large-caliber and a small-caliber gun used.”

Another suspect, Ticorey Frazier, was charged in August of 2017 in connection to the murders.

According to Albany Police Department spokeswoman Phyllis Banks, Frazier was picked up on June 28 and charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The Dougherty County Jail Report for that week showed him charged with two firearm possession counts and a count of obstructing police.

Banks told The Herald in 2017 that a tip connected Frazier to the murders.

As far as prosecuting Mallory, Albany Police Department investigators may have to wait their turn.

“We are planning on extraditing Mallory, but since he is facing the burglary charges in Orlando, they have first dibs on him, I believe,” Banks said Tuesday. “So our officers will go down sometime this week to interview him on the murders.”

Banks said it is unclear, at this time, how long it would be before Mallory would sit in front of a Dougherty County judge.