Rochester police have identified the man shot on Blakeslee Street early Sunday morning as 23-year-old Raashid Taggart.

Taggart was taken to Rochester General Hospital in a private car for help. He told police he’d been walking down the street not long after midnight on Sunday morning when he heard gunshots and realized he’d been hit in the thigh.
He’s expected to recover.

A 17-year-old who was shot at Jones Park on Sunday night has been IDd as Michael Jackson. He suffered a non-life threatening injury around 10:00 p.m.

There’s no word on an arrest in either case.

 

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