A late-evening shooting on Croton Terrace in Syracuse on Thursday, October 7, 2021, left two young men dead. Winston Brown Jr., 22, was one of the victims found with gunshot wounds when officers arrived after reports of the shooting. He and the other victim, 24-year-old Keisean Canery, were taken to Upstate University Hospital but both died of their injuries.

Syracuse Police Department detectives determined the violence began during an altercation and opened a homicide investigation. Two people were identified and arrested in connection with the shootings: 25-year-old Dewayne Brown and 22-year-old Natori Russo. Both were charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon and were held at the Onondaga County Justice Center pending further proceedings.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on Croton Terrace that night or has information about the altercation, please share what was seen or heard.