Syracuse, NY -- A 17-year-old boy died early this morning as a result of a shooting in the 100 block of Eastman Avenue in Syracuse, Police Chief Frank Fowler said this morning in a news conference. Here’s what Fowler said happened. At about 12:18 a.m., police were sent to the 100 block of Eastman Avenue, which is near South Avenue,...
Syracuse, NY -- A 17-year-old boy died early this morning as a result of a shooting in the 100 block of Eastman Avenue in Syracuse, Police Chief Frank Fowler said this morning in a news conference.
Here’s what Fowler said happened.
At about 12:18 a.m., police were sent to the 100 block of Eastman Avenue, which is near South Avenue, on multiple calls of gunshots being fired. One call also said that there was a man down near a van.
When police arrived on the scene, they found 17-year-old Kiwan Rush near a van in a driveway, Fowler said. Rush, who had a gunshot wound, was found unconscious and not breathing. He was taken to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:03 a.m., the chief said.
Fowler said the investigation into the shooting is ongoing, and police are looking for witnesses. He has asked that anyone with information call the Criminal Investigation Division at 442-5222.
The police chief said that while he was encouraged that so many people called to report the shooting, he’s discouraged that another young person has died on the city’s streets.
This was not the first time Rush has been shot, according to a story that ran May 31, 2008, in The Post-Standard. Rush, who was 15 at the time, and a 16 year old male told police they were standing about 9 p.m. May 30 in front of a home in the 1200 block of South Avenue when they were both shot by someone in a passing vehicle.
Rush, 15, was shot once in the right thigh and the other youth was shot in the chest, police said at the time. Both were treated at University Hospital.