Each week, syracuse.com will look back at some of our most important and valuable journalism from the previous week. Here are six stories for the week of July 27, 2025.
A gun, a knife, two choices: Autopsy of a Syracuse road-rage killing (video)
In the middle of the day at a busy intersection in downtown Syracuse, a man was shot three times and died in the street. The DA’s office confirmed that the shooter was not a member of law enforcement and that the dead man had a knife. But there were few answers for how or why this happened. In an attempt to find those answers, Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard requested under the Freedom of Information Act the police reports and videos from the shooting and subsequent investigation. We reviewed more than 100 pages of police records and dozens of videos about the incident. Reporters also spoke with the shooter and with the family of the man who died.
Behind Adam Weitsman’s breakup with Syracuse University: Money, image and a need for control
Syracuse University broke up with one of its most prominent sports boosters, Adam Weitsman, two years ago in a split marked by acrimony and mystery. Since then, the Orange men’s basketball team has struggled. Social media carried a running debate about the impact of losing Weitsman, a booster who claimed he would spend $1 million on recruits and brought celebrities including Jimmy Fallon and Tom Brady to sit courtside. What has been missing from the public conversation are details: how much Weitsman contributed to the university; how much he paid players; and what caused the split. Here are some of those answers, with new perspectives on the breakup from both sides…