Rochester Police Chief La’Ron Singletary says his department is launching a crackdown on illegal guns and the people who carry them after the recent surge in shootings on city streets. The department held a planning session Tuesday afternoon, developing its response after four people, including an eight-year-old child, were shot and wounded during a […]
A mother and daughter were shot Monday night while walking home on Ripley Street. Ripley runs between Goodman Street and Webster Avenue in Rochester. Police say the eight-year-old girl and her mother were both taken to Strong Memorial Hospital and are expected to recover. A third person suffered a minor wound from a gunshot and […]
Rochester Police have identified the 13 Rochester Police Officers and one Monroe County Deputy Sheriff who returned fire when suspect Terrell Blake started shooting at them on Wednesday morning. Blake began shooting at an officer and the deputy as they stood outside their cars at North Goodman and Forester Street. The officers fired back, […]