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Created: May 14, 2021 10:18 AM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) A Monroe County Grand Jury has indicted two men on several charges in connection to a murder and robbery on Valentine s Day. Court records show 23-year-old Isaac Washington and 21-year-old Sloan McDowell were each indicted on two counts for second-degree murder and one count of first-degree attempted robbery. McDowell was also indicted on two charges for criminal possession of a weapon. The two men are accused of shooting 20-year-old Jasun Beckford, outside a gas station on South Clinton Avenue near Meigs Street. Beckford died at the hospital five days later. Both men are being held in the Monroe County Jail. ....
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 SHARE 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 t ....
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 injuries five days later, on Feb. 19. Washington, who is currently on probation for 2016 second-degree robbery conviction, and McDowell were taken into custody at separate locations on Tuesday. ....