Parents of teen killed at Albany fireworks arraigned in separate homicide case

Homicide — Albany, NY — reported 2026-07-15

KEY FACTS

Incident type: Homicide
Location: Albany, NY
Date reported: 2026-07-15
Suspect: male, age 44
Victim(s): 1 (woman shot to death in a vehicle on Washington Avenue near Sprague Place)
Status: arrest/charge

Vance Mims, 44, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon charges.
Glenda Barrett, 43, pleaded not guilty to hindering prosecution.
Iris Vazquez, 39, was shot to death in a vehicle on Washington Avenue near Sprague Place in Albany earlier this month.
The killing of Iris Vazquez was part of an ongoing interpersonal feud that developed after Vance Mims III was shot and killed last year while attending the fireworks at the Empire State Plaza.
Albany Police Chief Brendan Cox called the killing of Vazquez 'a tragic and senseless act of violence'.