On the night of Saturday, May 6, 2023, 19-year-old Rahmeir Barnett was shot on the south side of Syracuse in the 1500 block of South Avenue. The shooting occurred about 11:15 p.m.; emergency responders transported Barnett to Upstate University Hospital, where he died of multiple gunshot wounds to his abdomen. A 16-year-old girl was also wounded in the incident, suffering a gunshot to her arm and was treated and expected to survive.

Rah’meir Jahmel Barnett was born August 6, 2003. The Syracuse Police Department opened a homicide investigation and has appealed to the public for information. No arrests or charges connected to the shooting have been announced publicly, and the case remains unresolved.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Rahmeir, please come forward to the Syracuse Police.