Late on Sunday, November 20, 2022, 24-year-old Kaeron Mykel Henderson was fatally shot in Utica, New York. His body was found in a grassy strip between the sidewalk and the street on Whitesboro Street after multiple gunshots were reported shortly after midnight. Henderson was transported to St. Elizabeth Campus of the Mohawk Valley Health System but died from several gunshot wounds.

Henderson, born April 17, 1998, in Gloversville, was a Resident Counselor with Upstate Cerebral Palsy and had worked for the House of the Good Shepherd. He is remembered as devoted to his family and protective of his children and siblings.

The Utica Police Department arrested 20-year-old Dontay Horning on November 21, charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Investigators said the probe remained active and that they were seeking others who may have been present. If anyone knew Kaeron or has information about that night, please share what can help the investigation.