Syracuse, NY - City police kept busy overnight, investigating two separate shootings in which two teenagers were shot in the buttocks. Police also say someone fired a gun and shot a house five times early this morning. And investigators have confirmed that shots were fired at another location today. Investigators do not know whether three of the shootings are related,...
Syracuse, NY - City police kept busy overnight, investigating two separate shootings in which two teenagers were shot in the buttocks.
Police also say someone fired a gun and shot a house five times early this morning. And investigators have confirmed that shots were fired at another location today.
Investigators do not know whether three of the shootings are related, but they believe one in which a shotgun was used -- and found by police -- is not connected to the other three.
"It was a busy evening," Syracuse police Sgt. Gary Bulinski said. "We had two people shot and a couple other shooting incidents."
Bulinski said the two shootings and two "shots fired" incidents are more than police typically see in one night. "The weather was decent and more people were outside," he said. "When you have nice weather, there are more people outside. And if there's shots fired, there's an increased risk of people being hit."
Here is a breakdown of the shootings:
- A 15-year-old boy was shot in the buttocks in an apparent drive-by shooting about 10:30 p.m. Saturday in the 900 block of Midland Ave., Sgt. Tom Connellan said. The wound is not life threatening and the boy was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, he said.
- Then around 12:30 a.m. today, police received a "shots fired" complaint near the 100 block of Sterling Avenue. Police found a loaded shotgun and a spent shell from the shotgun, however they have not found a suspect, Bulinski said.
- A 19-year-old Syracuse man was shot in the buttocks about 1:50 a.m. Sunday outside the B&B Lounge at 310 South Ave., Bulinski said. Zaquan Smith told police he was standing alone outside the tavern when he heard roughly four gunshots. A bullet then struck Smith in the buttocks. His injury also is not considered life threatening, police said.
- Ten minutes later, at 2 a.m., police were called to another "shots fired" complaint in the 400 block of Rowland Street. People were sleeping inside a home at 414 Rowland St. when they were awakened by the sound of gunfire, Bulinski said. Investigators say five projectiles struck the home.
Anyone with information about the two shootings or two "shots fired" investigations is asked to call the Syracuse Police Department Criminal Investigation Division at (315) 442-5222.