SCHENECTADY, NY (WRGB) — On September 5th, 2025 Detectives from the Schenectady Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit, with the assistance of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives New York Field Division (ATF) made an arrest in connection with the E-Shawn Berkley homicide that occurred at 201 S. Brandywine Av. (Tropics Restaurant & Bar) on September 5th, 2021.
Calvin Williams Jr., 36, of the Bronx, is charged with: Murder in the Second Degree, a Class A-I Felony.
Police say the incident took place in the parking lot of Tropics Restaurant and Bar. In addition to Berkley, who suffered gunshot wounds to the chest, two others were injured. The 27-year-old female victim was treated on scene by medics from the Schenectady Fire Department and transported to Albany Medical Center. A22-year-old male arrived at Ellis Hospital, where he was stabilized by hospital staff and transferred to Albany Medical Center…