LIVERPOOL, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A Syracuse police officer and an Onondaga County Sheriff’s Deputy were shot on Sunday evening, April 14, in the Town of Salina.
The two officers shot were seriously injured and are in critical condition at Upstate Hospital, said Onondaga County Sheriff Toby Shelley.
The shooting took place in the area of Darien Drive around 8:15 p.m. One person at the house where the shooting happened was injured, and one person is in custody, Shelley said.
There is no direct threat to the community, and the area is secured, according to Shelley.
Shelley said the officers were originally responding to a stolen vehicle in Syracuse, which led them to the house in Salina.
The Sheriff’s Office is waiting on a warrant to search the house.
… Currently, numerous law enforcement and other emergency crews are on the scene responding to an active shooter. Emergency officials have just declared a mass casualty incident in liverpool located in Onondaga County, New York, after multiple police officers were shot with additional victims, resulting in critical injuries. So far, three officers have been shot, with one being rushed to the hospital, another shot in the chest, and the third undergoing CPR. As a ring camera captured multiple shots being fired at this time the shooter suspect is still at large as officials are asking everyone to take shelter in place and avoid the area
|
