Overview
- Police say officers responded around 10:15 p.m. Friday to the 600 block of Chili Avenue after a 911 caller reported his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend was trying to break in and might be armed.
- Two officers were shot at close range at the home, the caller and the suspect exchanged gunfire, and the caller was hit multiple times.
- The suspect fled and was located near Arnett Boulevard and Thurston Road, where a third officer was shot before police returned fire and fatally struck the suspect.
- One officer underwent surgery and is in critical but stable condition, the other two officers are stable, and the caller is in serious but non-life-threatening condition.
- Officials report no ongoing public threat, confirm both the suspect and the caller had handguns, and note parallel investigations by the Monroe County DA, the New York State Attorney General’s Office, and RPD.