First ‘Rye Day’ suspect goes to prison for firing gun - and he wasn’t even in the big gang shootout
Updated 3:01 PM;
Today 12:08 PM
Emergency personnel respond to a shooting at the park on the corner at Marcellus and Wyoming streets (behind WCNY TV) at about 8:30 p.m. June 20, 2020, putting an end to a peaceful neighborhood picnic. This woman is taken to the hospital after being treated at the scene.
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Syracuse, NY A Syracuse man who admitted firing a gun during the infamous Rye Day party last year will spend five years in prison.
Eric A. Williams, 37, was the first of 10 indicted defendants to plead guilty and be sentenced following the mayhem in June 2020.
31 people were murdered in Syracuse in 2020: Here are the victims
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Posted Jan 14, 2021
In 2020, 31 people were murdered in Syracuse, matching the city s record set in 2016. Here are some of the victims.
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Syracuse, N.Y. Chariel Osorio stood in front of his Near West Side home with a smile on his face and a diploma in his hands.
It was a sunny June day, and Osorio had just graduated from Corcoran High School. The 17-year-old boy, still clad in his shiny maroon graduation cap and gown, posed for a photo proudly showing off his new degree.
Six hours later, Osorio was shot in the head.