Tyrell Norris was killed by a stray bullet inside his Binghamton apartment on the evening of September 30, 2024. He was 41 and living on the second floor of the Town and Country Apartments at 100 Roberts Street when a shot fired during a dispute in the parking lot below penetrated his home and struck him in the head. He was taken to Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City, where he was pronounced dead.

Police described Norris as an innocent bystander who was not involved in the altercation. Investigators found another man nearby with a gunshot wound to the foot; that injury was reported as non-life-threatening. Norris, originally from Brooklyn, New York, was remembered as a hardworking man with a big heart and is survived by his significant other and children.

If anyone witnessed the shooting in the Town and Country Apartments parking lot or has information about that night, please share what is known.