Rensselaer County resident Tyshaun Purvis, age 33, of Troy, was sentenced to 34 years to life in prison Thursday, Aug. 22, for the fatal daylight shooting of Dominique Eley, the Albany County District Attorney’s Office said. He was already sentenced to six years for an unrelated crime in a neighboring county.
The prosecutor said Purvis shot recording artist Eley, who went by the name Kay Hollywood, multiple times outside the Ida Yarbrough Apartments in Albany near North Pearl Street and Livingston Avenue on July 3, 2022.
Paramedics rushed her to Albany Medical Center, where doctors pronounced her dead.
Eley’s father, Gary Eley, said the 27-year-old his “heart” when addressing Purvis during the sentencing.
“You’re a coward,” he told Purvis. “You want to destroy this community, that’s what you’re about? I miss her. No matter what time you serve, when you come out, you’ll still hear about what she’s doing in the community, because that’s what she’s about; giving back to the community… Her legacy will go on.”