Cannon was killed Friday night after he and his younger brother Mark went to meet friends at a home on Seymour Street.

Police say shortly after the two openly gay brothers pulled up to the party, people began yelling vulgar comments at them.

They say that's when things got violent.

"Dwight DeLee goes into the residence at 411 Seymour Street, returns with a 22 caliber rifle, puts the rifle to the driver’s side window of that vehicle and fires one round. And that one round strikes Mark Cannon in the arm, and continues on and strikes Moses Cannon in the chest area," said Syracuse Police Chief Gary Miguel.

Police say DeLee fired at the brothers because they were gay.

Even though he had been shot, Mark Cannon, 18, was able to drive the car to the family's home.

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Moses Cannon later died as a result of his wounds. Cannon's family says they always accepted their son for the person that he was, and they wish other people would have learned to do the same.

"I'm hurt. Angry, upset. Am I mad at the kid? Yes. Mostly, I'm upset with society. How do we let our kids get this angry this young? This was hatred," said Albert Cannon, Moses Cannon's father.

"Our suspect took a rifle and shot and killed this person, wounding also his brother, for the sole reason that he didn't care for the sexual preference of our victim. And isn't that sad?" said Miguel.

Cannon's death is the 18th homicide in Syracuse this year.

Dwight DeLee was arrested early Sunday morning. He's charged with second degree murder.

Police say it will be up to the district attorney's office to determine if the murder is a hate crime.