4 arrested in connection to shots fired on Grace Street

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Four Syracuse residents were arrested after they allegedly tried to flee the scene of a shooting on Grace street over the weekend.

Police were responding to reports of shots fired on the 100 block of Grace Street at 2 a.m. on Sunday when they heard more gunshots near Delaware Street and two vehicles flee the scene, according to a press release from the Syracuse Police Department.

The vehicles were pulled over without incident.

Officers say they found a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun in one of the vehicles. Investigators also say the casings found on the 100 block of Grace Street in a car hit by gunfire were also 9mm.

The following Syracuse residents were arrested in connection to the incident:

23-year-old John Johnson

23-year-old Jasmine Diaz

25-year-old Hipolito Ayala

21-year-old Luis Cirino

All four people were charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and lodged at the Onondaga County Justice Center.