On the night of June 26, 2021, Rashein Fortune, 42, was shot in a parking lot on the 1300 block of South State Street in Syracuse, New York. Officers responding to reports of shots fired found Fortune with gunshot wounds; he was taken by ambulance to Upstate University Hospital and was pronounced dead. His death was recorded as the city’s 13th homicide of the year.

Two other people were wounded in the same incident: one sustained a gunshot wound to the elbow and the other was shot in both legs. Both went to the hospital on their own and were expected to recover. The Syracuse Police Department treats the shooting as an active, ongoing investigation and has asked the public for help. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified.

Does anyone have information about that June 26, 2021 shooting or recall seeing activity in the 1300 block of South State Street that night?