Man charged in 2021 shooting death on Watkin Terrace

Victoria E. Freile, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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UPDATE (Jan. 21, 2022): A Rochester man was charged in connection with last month's shooting death on Watkin Terrace, according to Rochester police.

Rashad Brown, 29, was charged with second-degree murder and is accused of using a semi-automatic handgun to shoot Tarrell McKnight, 36, on Watkin Terrace in teh groin area on Dec. 4. McKnight suffered massive bleeding, police said, and died the following morning at Strong Memorial Hospital.

Brown was apprehended on Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Geneva, Ontario County.

Brown is being held in the Monroe County Jail is is scheduled to be arraigned Friday morning in City Court.

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ORiGINAL STORY (Dec. 5, 2021): Police say that a 36-year-old man shot Saturday afternoon in northeast Rochester has died from his injuries.

The first responding police officer noticed a man on the ground in the middle of Watkin Terrace, a residential road just south of Clifford Avenue, near Hudson Avenue around 3:30 p.m. On the ground was Tarrell McKnight, who had been shot several times, said Rochester Police Capt. Frank Umbrino.

Officers applied two tourniquets before McKnight was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital for treatment. McKnight died from his injuries at the hospital early Sunday morning, Umbrino said.

The death marks Rochester's 79th homicide of 2021, the largest number of homicides the city has seen in recent history. In 1993, 70 people were killed within Rochester.

Also on Saturday afternoon, a 31-year-old man was seriously injured when he was shot at least one time on Cady Street around 4 p.m., said Rochester Capt. Steven Swetman. The man, whose name was not released, was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital for treatment.

On Sunday, Umbrino said the man was in stable condition at Strong.

The two shootings do not appear to be related, according to police.

No charges have been filed in connection with either incident. Anyone with information about the homicide or Cady Street shooting is asked to call 911, RPD's Major Crimes Unit at (585) 428-7157 or CrimeStoppers at (585) 423-9300.

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