Rash of violence hits city over the weekend.
A member of the Syracuse Police Crime Scene Unit gathers evidence on Putnam St. near Geddes St. which was the scene of a shooting Sunday night. Mike Greenlar / The Post StandardSyracuse, NY—One person was injured in a possible drive-by shooting Sunday evening near the intersection of Putnam Street and South Geddes Street, police said.
It marked the fifth shooting in Syracuse in a 24-hour period.
Pedro Ayala, 23, of Syracuse, was shot in the right ankle, police said. He was taken to Upstate University Hospital with injuries were not considered non-life threatening, they said.
Police were called to the scene on Putnam Street at 9:03 p.m.
Yellow police tape could be seen blocking off an area of Putnam Street from South Geddes Street to about halfway down the block. Several police cars were on the scene and officers were in the middle of the taped-off area.
The incident is being investigated as a possible drive-by shooting. A possible suspect left the scene in a dark-colored sedan that was last seen headed south on Bradley Street, police said.
Nine shell casings were found in the 300 block of Putnam Street and one bullet was lodged in the wall of 331 Putnam St., they said.
Four shootings over the weekend
City police kept busy throughout the day Sunday investigating four other shooting incidents.
Investigators said they didn't know if any of the shootings were related, but said they believed one in which a shotgun was used -- and found by police -- was an isolated incident.
"It was a busy evening," Sgt. Gary Bulinski said Sunday. "We had two people shot and a couple other shooting incidents."
No connection had been established among any of the incidents as of 9 a.m., Sgt. Tom Connellan said.
Here is a breakdown:
- 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 Avenue, Connellan said. The wound was not life-threatening and the boy was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, he said.
- Around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, 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 but 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, 310 South Ave., Bulinski said. Zaquan Smith told police he was standing alone outside the tavern when he heard roughly four gunshots and a bullet struck him in the buttocks. His injury also was 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 said five projectiles struck the home.
Anyone with information about the five shootings is asked to call the Syracuse Police Department Criminal Investigation Division at (315) 442-5222.
Staff writer Catie O'Toole contributed to this report.