NY Police To Discuss Probe Into Chinese Student’s Slaying

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities have scheduled a news conference to discuss what they say are new developments in the investigation into the fatal shooting of a Syracuse University student from China earlier this fall.

The Onondaga County Sheriff's Office says Sheriff Gene Conway will hold a news conference Friday morning at his headquarters in Syracuse to give an update on the slaying of Yuan Xiaopeng (YOO'-en SHE'-ow-puhng).

The 23-year-old was a junior studying mathematics at Syracuse University when he was found shot to death on Sept. 30 at an apartment complex in suburban DeWitt. He was from Qingdao (cheeng-DOW') on China's east coast and had been in Syracuse since 2011.

No arrests have been reported.

The sheriff's office says no information will be released until the news conference.

[STORY BY: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]