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Cherod Gayle - Class of 2017

Delete this post Submitted by Bill Norvell 1965 <w.norvell@att.net> on 10/Jun/2019
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      Cherod Tyrese Gayle passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Cherod was born March 8, 1999 at St. Luke's Hospital in Newburgh, NY. He was the son of Telese Gore and Lewis Gayle. Cherod was the first child to his parents, first grandchild, first great-grandchild, first nephew, first great-nephew; he began a lot of firsts for our family. Cherod was loved by many. His passion for playing basketball, as well as his sense of humor, compassion and charm, made him a very popular person with all family and friends. Cherod graduated from Newburgh Free Academy, pursuing to continue his education at Mohawk Valley Community College where he had planned to one day enter the medical field. Cherod is survived by his parents, Telese Gore and Lewis Gayle; stepfather, Michael McDonald; two brothers, Mikel McDonald and Mekhi McDonald; two sisters, Secret Gayle and Fatima Gayle; maternal grandparents, Teresa and Anthony Clark, Gene Williams, Stanley Griffin; paternal grandparent, Ann Staples and maternal great-grandparents, Joan Gore, Delores Griffin and Clarence (CJ) Thorpe; along with a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends. Mr. Gayle will repose 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, June 15, 2019 at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 76 First Street, Newburgh, NY 12550. Funeral service at 11 a.m. at the church. Rev. Dr. Bruce Davis will officiate. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Middlehope, NY. Professional services entrusted to Rhodes Funeral Homes, 259 Walsh Ave., New Windsor, NY. "Committed To Being The Very Best" Call us anytime 845-569-1233. March 8, 1999 - June 8, 2019

Cherod Gayle - NFA Class of 2017 died on June 8th 2019. Cherod was found in the area of Bridge Street and Carson Avenue was transported to St. Luke’s hospital where he was later pronounced dead. He was identified as Cherod Gayle, 20, of Newburgh. Police identified the two involved in the Robinson Avenue incident as Anthony Burden and Dejon Jones, both 28. These incidents are currently being investigated by the City of Newburgh Police Department, New York State Police Major Crimes, and the Orange County District Attorney’s office. No further information is being released at this time. Anyone with information involving these incidents are being asked to contact the City of Newburgh Police Department at (845) 561-3131

NEWBURGH — One man is dead and two were wounded early Saturday in two separate incidents in which gunshots were fired in the City of Newburgh. Shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday, City of Newburgh police responded to reports of shots being fired at 128 S. Robinson Ave., where officers found a large crowd fighting in the parking lot, said Detective Lt. Joseph Burns. While breaking up the fight, the police department received another report of shots being fired, about four blocks away at 140 S. Clark St.; nearby, in the area of Bridge Street and Carson Avenue, officers found a man with a gunshot wound. While that man, later identified as Cherod Gayle of the City of Newburgh, was being transported to St. Luke’s Hospital, police received a call from staff at the hospital, reporting that two men had arrived with gunshot wounds. It was learned that the two, Anthony Burden and Dejon Jones, both 28 and City of Newburgh residents, had been shot in the vicinity of 128 S. Robinson Ave., Burns said. Gayle, 20, died at the hospital. Burden and Jones were being treated for gunshot wounds; their condition is unknown.
The incidents are being investigated by the City of Newburgh Police Department, New York State Police Major Crimes and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to call the City of Newburgh Police Department at 845-561-3131. Cherod Gayle Newburgh Free Academy High School - Boys Varsity Basketball Newburgh, NY


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