Tyus Ogletree was 27 when he was killed in Syracuse, New York, in the city’s first homicide of 2023. Shortly before midnight on January 7, two people forced their way into a Sunset Avenue residence. A confrontation and scuffle followed, and Ogletree was shot in the chest.

Officers found Ogletree inside the home with a gunshot wound. A 24-year-old man, Vladimir Fernandez, was found in the street with a gunshot wound to the leg. Both were taken to Upstate University Hospital; Ogletree did not survive.

Detectives later identified Fernandez as one of the suspects in the home invasion. After treatment and release from the hospital, Fernandez was arrested on January 9, 2023 and charged with second-degree murder, first-degree burglary, and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. A 17-year-old male, Junari Harold, was arrested on January 12, 2023 and charged with the same offenses and was to be prosecuted as an adult.

If anyone has information about the events on Sunset Avenue that night, please share what you know.