Luis Ramos-Rodriguez, 27 and visiting from Puerto Rico, was shot in the head on Oswego Street on Syracuse’s west side on the evening of July 26, 2020. Paramedics took him to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Investigators concluded the shooting was targeted rather than random. On September 16, 2020, police took a 17-year-old male into custody and charged him with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon; he was arraigned and held at Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center pending further proceedings. The motive for the attack has not been released.

If anyone saw activity on Oswego Street that evening or has information about Ramos-Rodriguez’s movements in Syracuse that summer, please share what you know.