As Syracuse block party murder trial comes to a close jury must decide who do they believe

Lafayette Ave shooting

Police respond to a shooting at West Lafayette Avenue and Midland Avenue on Saturday morning.Patrick Lohmann | plohmann@syracuse.com

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Syracuse, N.Y. -- A jury heard closing arguments in a Syracuse murder trial Tuesday and now must decide which witnesses to believe about the fatal shooting that ended a wild block party.

On the night of June 4 into the early morning of June 5, 2021, hundreds of people gathered for a Friday night party in the 200 block of West Lafayette Avenue. Around 4:30 a.m., Bobby Fort Jr., 31, was fatally shot.

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