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Two men were shot, one fatally, on Bay Street on March 12. One man died from his injuries five days later.

Two men accused of fatally shooting a Rochester man at a Rochester gas station in February have been charged with murder. Isaac Washington, 23, and Sloan McDowell, 21, were each charged with second-degree murder and second-degree robbery this week, in connection with the shooting death of Jasun Beckford, 20, sa Rochester Police Lt. Michael Perkowski. According to a news release from the Rochester Police Department, Beckford was shot in the chest during a robbery while entering a gas station on South Clinton Avenue, near Meigs Street, on Feb. 14. Beckford was hospitalized and died from his ...

Police are looking for the driver who struck and killed a bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash on Jay Street in Rochester Thursday night. Kerry Traver, 57, of Rochester died, police revealed. The crash occurred around 10:15 p.m. near 1037 Jay Street, just west of Hague Street. Rochester Police Lt. Michael Perkowski said it appeared that the cyclist, a man, was riding his bicycle on Jay Street when he "was struck by an unknown type vehicle, which then fled the scene." The cyclist, who has not been identified pending family notification, was found on the roadway with severe trauma to his body. H...