SYRACUSE, N.Y. – As of early Wednesday morning, June 25, 2025, there are no credible news reports or official statements from law enforcement regarding a teenage victim in critical condition following a shooting at a city pool in the Strathmore neighborhood of Syracuse.
Searches of local news outlets, police blotters, and social media channels have yielded no information about such an incident occurring recently. While the Syracuse area has unfortunately seen other incidents of gun violence involving young people, the specific event described—a shooting at a public pool in Strathmore leaving a teen critically wounded—does not appear to have taken place.
It is possible this may be a misunderstanding or a conflation of different events. The Strathmore neighborhood was the scene of a shooting in April 2021, though details of that incident do not align with the current query. More recently, in August 2024, a 15-year-old was reported to be in critical condition after being shot in the head in a different part of the city. Additionally, there have been other unrelated shooting incidents involving teenagers in Syracuse over the past year.
Authorities have not issued any alerts or calls for information that would corroborate a shooting at a Strathmore pool. City of Syracuse Parks and Recreation, which operates the public pools, has also not released any statements regarding such an event.
Without official confirmation or any reporting from local journalists, the initial report of a teen in critical condition after a pool shooting in Strathmore cannot be substantiated. It is crucial to rely on verified sources for information regarding public safety to avoid the spread of misinformation.
