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Omar Tungekar is seeking justice for his father, a 64-year old cab driver who died after an altercation with Uber driver Fangqui Lu. A 16-year-old New York boy suspected of shooting a 71-year-old driver during a carjacking attempt earlier this month has been charged with second-degree murder, according to prosecutors. On April 7, Richard Sciascia was driving in Gates, N.Y., about 6 miles west of Rochester, when he was shot in the chest in what local police Chief Jim VanBrederode called "a true brazen act of violence that occurred in broad daylight." It happened around 10:45 a.m. Sciascia was ...

It's been a violent month in Monroe County. With nearly two-thirds of Rochester's 2021 homicides taking place since March 11, city residents are reeling, including those who have already been through testing times. Lentory Johnson, whose son, Johnny Johnson, was one of the three killed in a drive-by shooting outside of the Boys & Girls Club in 2015, said she is disturbed by the uptick in violence. "I wish a lot of people would not be subjected to the constant grief process and the hurt of losing someone you care about," she said. "Nobody's going to tell me there's nothing wrong with this....

WHECTV Created: April 14, 2021 12:16 PM GATES, N.Y. (WHEC)— People gathered Wednesday morning to say goodbye to the man shot and killed during an attempted carjacking last week. Friends and family held a service for 71-year-old Richard Sciascia at St. Pius Church in Gates. When News10NBC previously spoke to his family, they remembered Sciascia as a "good person" who was "loved by all." A procession took the group through the city and past Buell Road

Richard had three children—Sam, Richard, and Sara—as well as grandchildren and many friends. Friends described him as selfless, outgoing, and the kind of man who would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it. "Richard was the nicest person I probably ever met," Dellafave said. "He treated me like a son, honestly, you know, and I looked up to him like a father. That's the hardest thing. I definitely consider him a father to everybody. Anybody who knows Richard knows that he was that kind of person." At 71, he was still actively working at Ridge Donut Cafe in Irondequoit, something...

Police say man fatally shot in New York carjacking attempt April 8, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail GATES, N.Y. (AP) — A 71-year-old man was shot to death during an attempted carjacking near Rochester, police said. Richard Sciascia, of Irondequoit, was shot in the chest during a carjacking attempt in Gates at about 10:45 a.m. Wednesday that was part of a string of similar crimes in the area, police said. Sciascia was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital, where he died. Gates Police Chief Jim VanBrederode called the shooting "just a true brazen act of violence that occurred in broad daylight.” VanB...