July 30
USA (NEW YORK)----possible federal death penalty
Syracuse man could face federal death penalty for shooting of Kihary Blue
Syracuse police and the U.S. Attorney’s Office this morning accused a member of
the V-Not Gang of shooting Kihary Blue and setting off a cycle of retaliation
that included the death of 20-month-old Rashaad Walker Jr.
Kahari Smith, 26, of Syracuse, faces state and federal murder charges in the
shooting of Blue, a former star athlete at Henninger High School who was home
from college when he was killed.
Smith is being held in police custody and is accused of 2nd-degree murder and
2nd-degree criminal possession of a weapon, said Syracuse Police Chief Frank
Fowler. He will be arraigned on those charges in Syracuse City Court.
At the same time, Assistant U.S. Attorney John Katko announced that a federal
indictment accusing Smith of murder in aid of racketeering activity in the Blue
shooting was unsealed. Smith will be arraigned on those charges in federal
court.
The case is being considered for the federal death penalty, Katko said.
The federal indictment accuses Smith of shooting at a car on Nov. 26 that was
traveling on Interstate 81 near the Interstate 690 interchange in Syracuse.
Blue was riding in the car with several members of the Bricktown gang. The
shots struck Blue, who died later at Upstate University Hospital and another
person riding in the car.
The shooting was in retaliation for an earlier shooting, the federal indictment
said.
Authorities also said during a morning news conference:
Bricktown gang member Saquan Evans, 21, mistakenly believed that the 110 gang
was behind the Blue shooting. Evans is accused of second-degree murder in the
Nov. 28 fatal shooting of Rashaad Walker Jr., whose father was a member of the
rival gang.
(source: The Post-Standard)
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