Crime

April 18, 2016 - 10:12am
Howard reportedly stabbed SU defensive backs Chauncey Scissum and Corey Winfield; both are expected to be okay

Naesean Howard, 20, faces two charges of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree for the alleged stabbing that took place on Saturday evening. 

Syracuse defensive backs Chauncey Scissum and Corey Winfield were the victims of the stabbing. Scissum and Winfield were transported to the hospital separately, and both are expected to make full recoveries.

October 14, 2015 - 9:16pm
SU campus placed on lockdown for two hours as police searched area near Oakwood Cemetery.

Two people were shot Wednesday night on Hope Avenue in Syracuse's South Side, leaving one dead and prompting a search for suspects in Oakwood Cemetery.

According to Syracuse.com, police officials said suspects fired shots at detectives pursuing them, and that suspects fled into the cemetery in Syracuse University's South Campus.