Upstate New York

NY Shooting Victim Crashes Car Into Upstate NY Motel Before Dying: Police

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A shooting victim crashed his car into a motel in upstate New York early Tuesday and then died, police said.

Colonie police responded to a report of a motor vecicle accident at a Motel 6 at 1:45 a.m., police said in a news release.

The officers found a man in his 20s with a single gunshot wound, police said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not immediately released.

The victim apparently crashed his car into the motel while fleeing the shooting scene, police said. No arrests have been made.

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