Albany man indicted in Menands shooting incident

MENANDS, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) — An Albany man has been arrested in relation to a shooting that happened in Menands in September. The Menands Police Department said Zacceus Cancer, 24, has been charged with attempted murder.

Police responded to the Exit 6 ramp of I-787 and Broadway in Menands on September 7 for reports of shots fired. Once there, officers found a 35-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Albany Med with non-life-threatening injuries.

On October 8, police executed a search warrant at an apartment in Albany where they found a loaded handgun and crack cocaine. Cancer was arraigned in the Village of Menands Court later that morning.

Charges

• Second-degree attempted murder
• First-degree assault
• Second-degree criminal possession of a weapon
• First-degree reckless endangerment

Cancer was indicted by an Albany County Grand Jury on those charges on October 11. He was remanded to the Albany County Jail.

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