Syracuse, alongside other Covid-stressed U.S. cities, saw alarming rise in murders in 2020
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Posted Jan 14, 2021
Nine people were shot after gunmen opened fire at the end of Rye Day, a peaceful community birthday party attended by hundreds of people, around 8:30 p.m. June 20, 2020, at Performance Park on Syracuse's Near West Side. Chariel Osorio, 17, died days after the shooting. In this photo, several people agonized by fear stand outside an ambulance preparing to rush a wounded victim to the hospital.Ellen M. Blalock
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Syracuse, N.Y. — As the coronavirus pandemic raged in Syracuse and across the United States in 2020, another deadly danger plagued communities: homicides.