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Man found dead on Syracuse South Side, police investigating as a homicide
Posted: 08.25.2012 at 11:29 AM
Laura Hand

Laura Hand anchors CNY Central's Weekend Today in Central New York.

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Syracuse Police say a man found dead on Furman Street Saturday morning is a homicide
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Report of shooting victim to 911 at 8:15am Saturday morning

On Syracuse's South Side, police are investigating their latest homicide, after a man was found dead on Furman Street early Saturday morning.  

Police say the victim, 37 year old Jermaine Whitehead, was found in a backyard on Furman Street. That's on the city's south side.

Syracuse police had responded to a report of shots fired in that area just before 5 am. The victim was found a few hours later. Police don't know if the homicide is related to the shots fired.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 442-5222.

 

 

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