‘There’s been death on this street’: Neighbor not surprised by shooting on Champlain Street; victim fighting for life
A 31-year-old was in critical condition at Strong Memorial Hospital after being shot on Champlain Street, Rochester Police say.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A 31-year-old man is fighting for his life after being shot at least once in the lower body on Champlain Street in Rochester late Wednesday morning.
Rochester Police responded to a report of a man shot on Champlain Street, near Jefferson Avenue, just after 11:30 a.m. When officers arrived, they learned the victim had been taken to Strong Memorial Hospital in a private car with life-threatening injuries.
For longtime Champlain Street resident Keymonie Redden, the shooting was saddening but not surprising.
“This is a reoccurring factor that happens every year,” Redden said. “There’s been death on this street. I’ve lived here since I was five years old.”
Redden, who has called the street home for decades, says nothing has changed.
“I wouldn’t say it is unusual because some people like to pick fights with one another and sometimes it just escalates to just, you know, wanting to like, you know, take someone out,” she said. “Some people don’t have that, what’s they name, heart inside. Where they feel like, ‘Oh I’m just gonna go take this person out because they did something to me.’ They don’t have that mindset. That where, do unto others. It will come back to you.”
While the investigation is still in its early stages, Rochester Police say evidence collected at the scene leads them to believe the shooting happened on Champlain Street.
Police are still searching for a suspect. Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to call 911.
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