The yellow police tape has been removed. The front lawn is empty. And the windows are shuttered; there s no sign anyone is home.
Along this stretch of River Street in Oneonta, not far from the eateries, bars, art galleries and boutiques that help shape the business center of this upstate New York college town, it s a quiet spring afternoon.
On the weathered, sagging slate-colored steps leading up to a century old multi-family house, a small bouquet of pink flowers in purple and green plastic wrap is the only sign of the violence that unfolded here 24 hours earlier.
It began with a domestic dispute, police say. Tyler R. Green, 23, allegedly brandished a knife and attacked a woman at her 48 River St. home. After officers arrived, Green was fatally shot by Oneonta Police Sgt. Ralph Pajerski, who officials say acted to save the life of the child by firing two gunshots at the suspect.