ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Four people are facing charges following a police chase that started after gunfire rang out on East Avenue and Prince Street on Sunday morning.

Rochester Police were in the area when they heard gunfire a block away around 3 a.m. and saw a car leaving without headlights. Officers say the car refused to pull over and someone in the car tossed a loaded handgun out the window.

The chase ended when the car stopped around Broad Street and Savannah Street and four people were arrested. Neighbors and people who frequent the area say they’re worried about what they see on the street.

If you’re familiar with the East End area, you know how busy its bars and restaurants can be on late weekend nights.

News10NBC spoke to neighbors, who said they feel safe during the day but not at night. Myah Sims lives down the street. She says hearing roaring engines and police sirens on the weekends has become the norm.

“There were people going down on their four-wheelers and their bikes, making all this noise back and forth, in front of the police officers,” Sims said. “And I was waiting for somebody to do something and nothing happened. But I decided it was time for me to leave because it was getting later and that was happening. And actually there was a shooting that night. So it’s scary.”

Corey Vanerp, who works at Murphy’s Law Bar, says East and Alexander has a history of being a destination place. Murphy’s Law is more than just a place where Vanerp works. It’s home. And where he wants everyone to feel safe.

“It seems like it’s been increasing over the last two years I would say,” Vanerp said.

Vanerp says Sunday’s overnight shooting is just the latest example of rising crime in the area.

“You know we had an incident down in the parking lot right at East and Union, unfortunate. We had an incident on Lawrence Street, unfortunate,” he said.

Just last Sunday, Rochester police arrested a 19-year-old after fighting on Alexander Street. In July, RPD and New York State Police responded to more gunshots and fights on East Avenue.

“This whole area in general is getting a little more unsafe than people think it is,” said Sophia Frank, who lives in the neighborhood.

Frank says she worries about what she is seeing in the streets. But just a block away at East Avenue and Prince Street, where police say the overnight shooting took place, Liam Peterson says he’s never felt safer.

“I haven’t had any complaints about it. We walk around here all the time. Morning. Afternoon. Nighttime. People are on their bikes. They are in their cars. It sounds like a very normal city,” Peterson said.

All four suspects — 21-year-old Khant Ko, 24-year-old Shamel Bradley, 19-year-old Ca’Rajha Jackson, and 20-year-old Shyonie McCloud — were charged with criminal possession of a weapon. They were taken to the Monroe County Jail.

Ko is also charged with multiple traffic violations. No one was injured and the gunfire didn’t hit any homes or buildings.

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