Edwin DeJesus, a 40-year-old Hispanic man, was found dead in Syracuse on December 10, 2021. Police were called to investigate a reported shooting and discovered his body concealed in the trunk of a car parked on Croly Street. Investigators determined DeJesus had been shot on Davis Street and later moved to the vehicle.

A 42-year-old man, Gamalier Lacen-Medina, was located and taken into custody; officers said he had a weapon when arrested and charged him with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with DeJesus’s death.

If anyone has information about Edwin, the shooting on Davis Street, or movements of the vehicle on Croly Street that night, please come forward.