Teens Killed by Onondaga County Sheriff’s Deputy ID’d

We now know the identities of the two teens killed by an Onondaga County sheriff’s deputy in DeWitt.

17-year-old Dhal Pothwi Apet and 15-year-old Lueth Mo, both of Syracuse, were shot by the deputy Wednesday morning after allegedly trying to run the deputy over in a stolen vehicle while investigating the report of suspicious activity.

There is no body camera footage of the incident, but Sheriff Tobias Shelley says there is video taken by the resident who had reported the suspicious activity.

In accordance with New York law, the State Attorney General’s Office has opened an investigation into the incident.