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James Hallenbeck, 29, was shot and killed during a nighttime walk in Rochester, New York, on the late evening of August 21, 2022. He was on Olean Street near his South Plymouth Avenue home, wearing headphones and drinking a can of beer when at least two people accosted him with the intent to rob him. Hallenbeck sustained a fatal gunshot wound and was found unresponsive on a grassy verge about half a mile from his house around 1:45 a.m. He had no identification on him because his documents were stolen, delaying identification until the next morning. Investigators found that only a credit card was missing and tracked its later use to Genesee County, but those users were cleared of the killing.

Detectives reviewed hundreds of hours of surveillance and used a Wi‑Fi ping at the nearby Phyllis Wheatley Community Library to identify social media accounts that accessed the network near the time of the shooting. On November 18, 2025, police arrested 21‑year‑old Rahjule Keeton; he was indicted on second‑degree murder, first‑degree robbery with a deadly weapon, and second‑degree robbery aided by another.

Did anyone in the Rochester area see Hallenbeck that night or notice suspicious activity near Olean Street?