Brooklyn student, 19, killed on Cornell University campus

Police have identified the Ithaca College student who died after a fight early Sunday morning on the Cornell University campus as Anthony Nazaire, 19, of Brooklyn.

Police officers from the Ithaca Police Department and the Cornell University Police Department responded to a large fight at College Avenue and Campus Road at 1:57 a.m. Sunday, according to a press release from the Ithaca Police Department.

Two men were found with stab wounds. One was flown to Upstate Medical Center for treatment of several stab wounds and was later released.

Nazaire was taken to Cayuga Medical Center, and was later pronounced dead, said Ithaca Police Officer Jamie Williamson in the press release. Nazaire was a sophomore in the Ithaca College School of Business Administration. The other victim still has not been identified.

In a Sunday afternoon news release, police said several fights broke out following an event attended by several hundred college-aged people in Willard Straight Hall on Ho Plaza. According to surveillance pulled from cameras on the plaza, several people had recorded the incident on their cellphones and several motorists can also be seen driving past on nearby College Avenue.

Police Investigators are asking any pedestrians or motorists who were in the area early Sunday morning to contact police or forward cell phone footage to either the Ithaca Police Department or IPD officer Jamie Williamson by email at jwilliamson@cityofithaca.org. People can remain anonymous if they choose to do so, police said.

Ithaca College confirmed both men were IC students in a statement on its Facebook page early Sunday morning.

"I hope you will hold these students — along with their families, friends, classmates, and professors — in your thoughts and prayers at this difficult and tragic time," wrote Ithaca College President Tom Rochon in a letter to the campus community.