By Spectrum News Staff Rochester UPDATED 4:47 PM ET Apr. 28, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:14 AM ET Apr. 28, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:14 AM EDT Apr. 28, 2021
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. Rochester Police Interim Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan is calling a recent spike in city violence unacceptable.
She spoke publicly on Tuesday about the issue. At the same time, officers were called to another shooting on Hudson Avenue. Police say the victim is expected to survive. The chief also addressed the shooting of an 11-year-old boy who was struck by a bullet this past weekend while he sat inside his home. I mean I just can t reiterate it enough that a child sitting in their home watching television can t be safe. It just speaks to the heart of why we are here and why we work as hard as we do to address the situations and p
Daniel Prude s brother, Joe Prude, outside City Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, to announce plans to sue the city over Prude s death. The Rochester City Council has passed a resolution urging the city administration and Rochester Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan to consider firing the officers involved in Daniel Prude s death.
The resolution, approved by an eight-to-one vote Tuesday evening, states that though Attorney General Letitia James s grand jury investigation declined to pursue criminal charges, the officers are still liable for discipline. While an internal investigation did begin following Prude s death, it has yet to conclude, and was effectively paused as the city awaited the findings of the criminal investigation, the resolution states.
Rochester Police released body camera footage Friday of a woman who was pepper-sprayed by officers on Portland Avenue last month while she was with her
The county medical examiner listed the manner of death as a homicide caused by “complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint” and cited PCP as a contributing factor.
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