Utica Police have been busy trying to combat the scourge of gun violence taking over the city, but they haven't overlooked other crimes impacting victims.
Gun violence is a regular occurrence in the City of Utica. There are countless active investigations related to this violence in the city, but an arrest has been made in one of them.
The Utica Police Department has seen a dramatic uptick in the already high volume of gun violence in the city. The most recent victim of this violence was an innocent 75-year-old bystander who was sitting on his own front porch.
Police in Utica are investigating a shooting along the 900 block of Stark Street in the City early Saturday morning, after a man was shot as he sat on his front porch, police say.