The identity of the apparent murder victim in a weekend homicide has been released.

The Onondaga County Examiner's Office says 26-year-old Jamal Mathis was killed after being shot on Saturday, December 19, 2015.

Utica Police were called to a home on the 1100 block of Leeds Street on Saturday at approximately 8:00am after a neighbor called police saying that he saw a man in his yard who looked injured.

When officers arrived they found the man who had suffered a fatal gunshot wound.

Authorities are still investigating the case.  Anyone with information is being asked to call Utica Police at: (315) 223.3500.  All calls will be kept confidential.

It is believed that Mathis was at a party prior to being shot.

 

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