Jakari Townsend, 26, was killed in a drive-by shooting on Bellevue Avenue in Syracuse, New York, on the evening of Tuesday, September 16, 2025. He was taken to Upstate University Hospital with a gunshot wound and later died; another 25-year-old man was injured in the same incident.

Syracuse police identified three suspects connected to the shooting. Detectives arrested 33-year-old David Herndon on Gifford Street; he was charged with second-degree murder and held at the Onondaga County Justice Center awaiting arraignment. A 17-year-old male turned himself in at the Public Safety Building with a parent and is detained at Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center. Eighteen-year-old Rephaya Oselmo was located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and taken into custody; he faces second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon charges.

The investigation is ongoing; police say they believe at least two other people may have been involved and are conducting interviews and search warrants. If anyone has information about Townsend, the shooting, or other people who may have been involved, please share what is known with investigators.