DeWitt, N.Y. — The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office held a news conference Wednesday after a deputy shot two teenagers while responding to a suspicious person call in DeWitt.
Sheriff Toby Shelley said the deputy fired three shots when a car drove toward him. The deputy was unable to get out of the way because he was positioned between a bench and a car, Shelley said.
Shelley confirmed that two teenagers were killed.
The car fled and ended up on Mooney Avenue in Syracuse where the teens were found dead.
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