RPD: Man, 35, shot to death while sitting in car outside vacant home on Alphonse Street

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Police say William Maddox, 35, was shot to death on Tuesday while sitting in his car in the driveway of a vacant home.

Police say the home, on Alphonse Street off Hudson Avenue, was active in marijuana and narcotics sales.

RPD Officers responded to the homicide after getting reports of shots fired around 1:30 a.m. When officers arrived, Maddox was dead. Investigators believe someone came up to the car and fired multiple gunshots into it.

RPD said the motive for the murder is unknown and they’re asking anyone with information to call 911.