Keon Martin was 16 when he was fatally shot in the early morning hours of a Sunday in July 2021. The shooting occurred in a parking lot at School 34 near Lexington Avenue and Lark Street in Rochester. At the time, Martin was sitting in a car with another person; that second occupant drove him away from the scene and eventually called for help from Falmouth Drive in neighboring Greece. Martin died at a hospital from his wound.

The Rochester Police Department opened an investigation, identifying the death as the city’s 38th homicide of the year. No arrests or motives were publicly reported in the initial accounts, and authorities asked the public for information that might lead to an arrest. If anyone has information about what happened that night or about Keon’s movements before the shooting, please come forward to assist the investigation.