AG's Office Confirms Murder-Suicide Involving RPD Officer

The Attorney General's Office confirms the deaths of an off-duty Rochester police officer and a city 911 dispatcher were a murder-suicide.

RPD Sergeant Melvin Williams shot 35-year-old Janet Jordan to death inside Jordan's home on Wetmore Park back in March.

Williams's body was found later that same day in a Henrietta park.

He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The AG's office says Williams was caught on surveillance video leaving Jordan's home following her murder.

His DNA was also found on shell casings inside the home.

The AG's office is required to investigate anytime a police officer causes a death.


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