A 37-year-old Rochester man is fighting for his life after being shot in the lower body on the city's north side Sunday night, with police confirming no suspects are in custody as the investigation continues.
Rochester police officers responded around 8:21 p.m. to the 100 block of Avenue B after getting a report of a shooting, according to RochesterFirst. Officers arrived to find the 37-year-old city resident suffering from a gunshot wound to his lower body. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, the outlet reports. According to 13WHAM, the man was transported to Strong Memorial Hospital with serious injuries, and photos from the scene showed police tape stretched around a section of Avenue B as investigators worked the area.
As of the initial report, no arrests had been made in connection with the shooting. Police have not released information about a suspect, a motive, or the weapon involved. Anyone with information has been asked to call 911.
A Second North Side Shooting in Recent Months
The Avenue B shooting comes months after a separate, unrelated shooting nearby left another man hospitalized. Police investigated a report that a 33-year-old man was shot on Harris Street near Avenue D on a Saturday night, per WHEC. Investigators said an unknown suspect shot the man on Harris Street, after which the victim made his way to Avenue D, where officers located him with at least one gunshot wound. That victim was expected to survive, with injuries described as not life-threatening, and no suspects had been taken into custody in that earlier case either, with the investigation remaining open.
Shootings Had Been on a Downward Trend Citywide
The latest violence lands against a backdrop of broader improvement in Rochester's gun violence numbers this year. The city's 365-day rolling total of reported shooting victims fell to 150 on May 11, the lowest point since December 2018, according to the Democrat and Chronicle. That stands in sharp contrast to the peak of the city's gun violence epidemic in 2021, when shootings soared to 426 in a year's time. The newspaper reported that reported shootings and gun homicides had continued to decline this year.
City officials have pointed to similar progress. A statement from the City of Rochester said the decline in firearm violence was continuing, with the number of people struck by gunfire in the first six months of 2026 reaching the lowest point since 2011. Sunday's shooting, and the earlier incident near Harris Street, underscore that even amid a citywide downward trend, individual neighborhoods continue to grapple with sudden violence that leaves victims hospitalized and investigations open.
Police have not provided an update on the condition of the 37-year-old victim since the initial report. Anyone with information about the Avenue B shooting is urged to contact Rochester police.
