A Rochester man has been charged with assault, menacing a police officer and criminal possession of a weapon after a domestic disturbance incident on Chili Avenue.
Police say an officer arrived to hear a loud argument inside a house and went in to assist. they say 46-year-old William Combs threatened her with a handgun. She drew her service weapon and challenged him, at which point Combs threw his gun down and ran. Officers arrested him after a brief foot chase.
Police found a 43-year-old city woman had been shot in the upper body by the man before they arrived. She’s in stable condition at the hospital.