Rochester Police Chief Cyntha Herriot-Sullivan says at least nine shots were fired early this morning when police stopped a car they suspected was involved in a shooting incident just a few minutes earlier.
During that stop on Glasser Street, a man in his 20s sitting in the back seat of the car was shot and killed. The chief says that person "was seen brandishing a gun" by the officers before two officers fired their service weapons into the car, but she says police don't know yet if the person in the car also fired at police.
Chief Herriot-Sullivan says witnesses are still being interviewed and police body camera footage is still being reviewed. Once that's done, the chief says the footage will be shared first with the dead man's family, then released to the public with the permission of the State Attorney General. That's likely to happen some time this evening.
Since April 1st, the Attorney General automatically takes over as lead investigator in fatal use of force by police cases.
Police are not yet releasing the name of the deceased or of the officers involved but say that information may also be released this evening.