Deron Deej McGee was 15 when he was shot the night of August 12, 2024 in Syracuse, New York. Police say the shooting occurred in the 200 block of Westmoreland Avenue; McGee was brought to University Hospital in a private vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head and died of his injuries on August 15, 2024. His family donated his organs.

Investigators from the Criminal Investigation Division canvassed the neighborhood, conducted interviews and executed search warrants. Police identified three suspects and say all three rode in the same vehicle as McGee and opened fire on a group of pedestrians outside an apartment complex; one bullet struck McGee in the back of the head while he was sitting in the back seat. None of the pedestrians returned fire.

Three 16-year-old males from Syracuse were arrested and charged with Murder in the Second Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree and were remanded to the Hillbrook Detention Center. The investigation is active; anyone with information is asked to come forward.