Before being shot in the buttocks on a late January night in Collegetown, a 22-year-old Ithaca man, facing his shooter pointing a gun at him, said he thought he would not live, according to court documents recently obtained by The Sun.
A man who reportedly fired several rounds at a victim, causing the victim to suffer a gunshot wound on the buttocks, turned himself in to the police Monday evening.
Police have identified Tyrell T. McCargo, 22, as a suspect in a reported shooting on Oak Avenue Tuesday morning — an incident that caused a man to suffer a gunshot wound to the buttocks.
About 35 minutes after shots were reportedly fired in Collegetown on Tuesday morning, police received a call regarding a man with a gunshot wound to his buttocks.
In the wake of Newtown, Conn. school shootings, University President David Skorton –– along with nine other university presidents –– has urged President Barack Obama and members of Congress to take legislative action against gun violence.
The shooter of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords M.A. ’96 (D-Ariz.) was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole at an emotional hearing attended by Giffords and other victims.
Low staffing levels in the police department hampered its efforts to respond to the shooting of an officer earlier this month, according to officers who warned that proposed budget cuts to the Ithaca Police Department could exacerbate the challenges city police face.
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