A 16-year-old student was shot and killed inside a Syracuse home on October 7, 2024. Dostdar Ali Khel, a sophomore at Henninger High School, was found with a gunshot wound at a Herbert Street residence after a 11:33 a.m. shooting call; emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Police located and arrested a 13-year-old male later that same day on First North Street; his name has not been released because of his age. He was transported to Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center and charged with second-degree manslaughter and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. The Syracuse Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division is continuing the investigation. The Syracuse City School District provided grief counselors to students and staff after the shooting.

If anyone has information about what happened that morning or knew Dostdar, please come forward to assist the ongoing investigation.