Two people have been arrested and charged in Broome County, New York, after a man was shot in the face inside a Birch Street home in the town of Union and the attacker allegedly went on to assault him and steal money and a gaming system before fleeing with a woman, the New York State Police said in a release issued on Saturday night, October 31, 2026. The arrests were made on Friday, October 30, two days after the shooting.
Source: New York State Police release, Oct. 31, 2026
Omar D. Rush, 40, of Binghamton, was charged with first-degree assault, first-degree burglary and first-degree robbery — each a Class B felony. Alexa R. Hinkley, 35, of Endicott, was charged with first-degree robbery, also a Class B felony. Both were processed at the State Police barracks at Endwell and transported to the Broome County Jail for centralized arraignment, State Police said. The charges are allegations; both are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
What police say happened inside the Birch Street home
On Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at approximately 2:58 p.m., State Police at Endwell responded to a residence on Birch Street in the town of Union — the 23 Birch Street address in the Fairmont Park neighbourhood, a short distance west of the former IBM Country Club, according to WNBF News, whose reporter photographed troopers and investigators at the scene — for a report of a shooting.
Source: WNBF News, Oct. 30, 2026
The investigation determined that the victim was inside his residence with a female when a suspect who was known to both of them entered the home and displayed what appeared to be a firearm, State Police said. The victim was shot and sustained facial injuries. Police say the suspect then continued to assault the victim before stealing money and a gaming system from the home, and fled the scene with the female.
Two hospitals, and a victim whose name has not been released
The wounded man was transported by the Union Volunteer Emergency Squad to UHS Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City and was later transferred to SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse for further treatment, State Police said. WNBF reported that State Police did not release the man's name or his condition, but described his injuries as non-life-threatening.
The Friday arrests in Binghamton
On October 30, investigators from the State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation at Endwell, together with members of the Troop C Community Stabilization Unit, arrested Rush and Hinkley in the town of Binghamton, State Police said. The release does not say where in the town the arrests were made, whether the stolen money or gaming system was recovered, or whether the firearm described in the home was found.
Omar D. Rush, 40, of Binghamton — Assault in the 1st Degree, Burglary in the 1st Degree and Robbery in the 1st Degree, all Class B felonies. Alexa R. Hinkley, 35, of Endicott — Robbery in the 1st Degree, a Class B felony. In New York, Class B felonies are serious offences that can carry long prison terms on conviction. Both defendants were taken to the Broome County Jail for centralized arraignment.
Where this happened: the town of Union and Broome County
The town of Union is a Broome County town in New York's Southern Tier, wrapping around the villages of Endicott and Johnson City just west of Binghamton. Birch Street sits in the Fairmont Park neighbourhood. The case has been handled from the start by State Police at Endwell — the barracks serving this part of the county — with the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the State Police's detective arm, leading the investigation after the shooting.
What happens next
State Police say the investigation is ongoing. Rush and Hinkley were sent to the Broome County Jail for centralized arraignment, the step at which a judge formally reads the charges and decides on bail or release conditions. What readers should watch for next: the outcome of that arraignment, any update on the wounded man's condition from Syracuse, whether investigators recover the stolen property or the weapon, and whether further charges or arrests follow — the two-day gap between the shooting and the arrests, and the involvement of the Troop C Community Stabilization Unit, suggest investigators were following specific leads rather than making a chance stop.