Syracuse, N.Y. – A 44-year-old man was arrested late Thursday night and charged with the fatal shooting of a man on Syracuse’s North Side.
Rafael Cruz-Vazquez is accused of shooting Gregory Ramos-Falcon, 36, outside a home at 128 Steuben St. around 2 a.m. June 5, according to a criminal complaint.
He is charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
An arrest warrant was issued on June 13 and he was arrested in Puerto Rico on June 17, according to a news release from Syracuse police. On Thursday, he was extradited from Puerto Rico to New York.
Cruz-Vazquez was identified in a video of a suspect fleeing the area with what appears to be a handgun, police said in the complaint. He also “acknowledged his complicity” in the crime, police said.
Ramos-Falcon was shot at least twice, police have said.
Cruz-Vazquez is being held in the Onondaga County Justice Center jail.
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