Michael C. Simpson, 38, a Syracuse resident for 24 years and originally from the Bronx, was killed in a shooting on Midland Avenue on Friday, September 10, 2021; his obituary gives his date of death as Saturday, September 11, 2021. Known to friends and family as Blazette, he was remembered as a cool, peaceful person who wasn’t a troublemaker, and his death shocked those who knew him.

The shooting led to an arrest after a Syracuse man turned himself in and was charged in the city’s latest homicide, bringing the case into the legal system. The circumstances of the incident and the impact on Simpson’s community remain central to the story.

If anyone knew Michael, his whereabouts that night, or has information about what happened on Midland Avenue, please come forward.