Rochester, N.Y. — Police are asking for the public’s help in the search for a suspect from a deadly shooting earlier this month in the city’s 19th Ward.
The victim, Aajion Wright, 16, of Rochester, was found by officers in a driveway between two houses on Warwick Avenue Oct. 9 around 11 p.m., according to the Rochester Police Department. Wright was rushed to Strong Memorial Hospital with several gunshot wounds and died shortly after arrival. The Rochester City School District said Wright was a student at Padilla High School at the Franklin Campus.
BACKGROUND: Teen boy killed in shooting in Rochester’s 19th Ward
Ke’yon Warren, 16, has been identified as the gunman, police said. He remains at-large, and the circumstances that led to the shooting remain unclear.
Anyone with information on Warren’s whereabouts or the events the led to the shooting is asked to call RPD’s Major Crimes Homicide Unit at (585) 428-7157, Crime Stoppers at (585) 423-9300 or email MajorCrimes@cityofrochester.gov.
