Syracuse, NY -- A Syracuse man shot his own 6-year-old nephew, critically wounding the boy, and then was shot and killed by police Tuesday night, authorities said.

The man killed by police on Fenton Street was Miguel Russo, 31, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick confirmed to Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard Wednesday. The boy in critical condition bears his uncle’s name: Miguel, the DA confirmed.

Police said the man on Fenton Street was still armed shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday when confronted by responding officers. During the ensuing encounter, an officer fired his service weapon, killing Russo.

Fitzpatrick said toxicology tests will determine whether Russo was high or drunk when he shot his own young relative and confronted police.

“Toxicology results may take several weeks to determine if Mr. Russo was under the influence of any intoxicant,” the DA said.

Syracuse police have not said who the officer was who fired the gun during the confrontation. That officer’s name will be released in the coming days, they said.

“The DA’s Office will follow our long established protocol and present the case to a grand jury,” Fitzpatrick said.

No local law enforcement officer has been charged with wrongdoing in a fatal shooting since Fitzpatrick took office in 1991.

The deceased, Russo, is no stranger to law enforcement, according to Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard archives.

In 2011, Russo, then 22, was arrested in a federal bust of the Bricktown gang.

Russo and his little brother, Miquan Russo, were two of the 14 gang members arrested in Syracuse under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, according to Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard’s archives. They were arrested months after a Bricktown member fatally shot a 20-month old boy while trying to kill a rival gang member in 2010.

Bricktown members used violence to keep control of the crack cocaine trade in the gang’s territory, according to an indictment. The gang was linked to two homicides, eight shootings and two stabbings.

Russo pleaded guilty to conspiring with 13 other Bricktown members to sell drugs and use violence to protect the gang’s turf, according to Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard’s archives. He also admitted possessing a gun linked to a gang-related shooting, according to the archives, and selling crack cocaine to an informant at least three times.

Russo and his brother were sentenced in 2013 to serve 87 months – or 7 ¼ years – in prison for racketeering.

Russo was released from federal prison in December 2016, according to prison records. His brother, Miquan Russo, was released in May 2016.

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