Rochester Police responding to a report of a woman shot near Lyell and Saratoga Avenues on Tuesday night arrived to see the woman lying on the ground, and a male suspect holding a gun in his hand.
The man ran from officers, pointing the handgun at them and attempting to climb over a fence. Officers didn’t fire, and were able to take the man into custody at the fence. They found the woman hadn’t been shot.
They identified the man as 48-year-old Jerome Linzey of Rochester. He’s been charged with criminal possession of a weapon and menacing a police officer.