India Butler was 24 when she was killed in the early morning hours of June 7, 2020, on the 300 block of Ellis Street on Syracuse’s East Side. A lifelong Syracuse resident, she worked at UPS and the Movie Tavern. Police found Ms. Butler with a gunshot wound to her mid-section and she died after being taken to Upstate University Hospital.

Syracuse Police have classified the death as a homicide and opened an investigation. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. Private services were held and she was laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery.

If anyone has information about that night or India’s final movements on Ellis Street, please share what is known with the Syracuse Police Department.