Three Dead in City Homicides Over the Weekend
Alex Crichton ROCHESTER, NY (2007-11-19) As Operation Zero Tolerance entered its seventh week of increase police patrols, the RPD is investigating three deaths over the weekend.
All stemmed from verbal confrontations, according to police.
48-year old Hector Merced of Rochester was found beaten to death on Flower City Park on Saturday morning.
Saturday night, 16-year old Christopher Jones died after he sustained a gunshot wound to the chest after an altercation on Pierpont Street.
Police later arrested 17-year old Deshequan L. Nathan in connection with that shooting.
And on Sunday afternoon, a State Trooper pulled over a car that was driving erratically.
Inside, he found two people shot.
One of them, 23 year old Jeffrey Mullin of Rochester, died.
Police are continuing their investigations into these deaths.
Originally Posted by sandragonfly
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